Gypsy fortune-teller. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H " x W 6'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from A. R. Ball, received 2/7/1950; sold to Dr. A. D. [Alberto Dominique] Campora 4/17/1951. Shepherdess having her fortune told by gypsy fortune-teller carrying infant on her
Gypsy fortune-teller. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H " x W 6'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from A. R. Ball, received 2/7/1950; sold to Dr. A. D. [Alberto Dominique] Campora 4/17/1951. Shepherdess having her fortune told by gypsy fortune-teller carrying infant on her back, as woman on her R watches, couple reclines on L as the man raises a wreath above the head of the woman, ruined classical building supported by herm caryatid behind the group, pan pipes & wreath suspended from tree above fortune-teller French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80998 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 507-533 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): 0241383 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 0241395, (Huntington Art Gallery), 0241425 (Set A), 0241404 (Palazzo Venezia?), 0241424 (San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums), 0241422 (Victoria & Albert Museum); see also Standen, p. 518
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