Elephant. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 240 x W 370 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Architectural screen framing 3 groups of figures; L scene: girl playing triangle, dancing jester playing panpipes, & recumbent sphinx & vase of flowers, below shield with head & pendant sprays of leaves & berries, suspended from bar supporting swag of drapery
Elephant. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 240 x W 370 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Architectural screen framing 3 groups of figures; L scene: girl playing triangle, dancing jester playing panpipes, & recumbent sphinx & vase of flowers, below shield with head & pendant sprays of leaves & berries, suspended from bar supporting swag of drapery & topped by smoking censers, capped by parasol; center scene: elephant led by man & mounted by boy blowing trumpet before grape vines on columns; R scene: dancing boy playing trumpet & holding trumpet, beside girl holding thyrsus near recumbent sphinx & vase of flowers, below a shield-shaped medallion with head & pendant sprays of leaves & berries, suspended from bar supporting swag of drapery & topped by smoking censers, capped by parasol; leopard in foreground; arched trellis above each lateral scene; above trellises: bars of marble molding with suspended arrow trophies; above molding: frieze of light architectural motifs; plants in narrow lattice band along lower edge of tapestry between 2 sets of steps Borders missing. This series comprises six pieces: 3 wide, horizontal panels & 3 upright ones. Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 1 (1985), 448-50 Standen, Acts Tapestry Symposium (1979), 209-19 Adelson, European Tapestry (1994), 307-321 Mayer-Thurman, Textiles Art Institute Chicago (1992), 60 Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909) Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0241158, 0241160, 0241182, 0241193, 0241197; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, "The Tamers" (Mayer Thurman, p. 60), unknown location "Elephant" (Adelson, p. 314); see also Standen, Tapestries, p. 449-450
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