Venus (Aphrodite). Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) (designed after) [painter] Boulogne, Louis (the Younger) (French, 1654-1733) (designed after, figures) [painter] Corneille, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1649-1695) (designed after, figures) [painter] Desportes, Alexandre-François (French, 1661-1743) (designed after, animals) [painter] c. 1771-1794 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 7'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & William A. Clark coll.; given to the Corcoran Gallery (ca. 1925). United States, District of Colu
Venus (Aphrodite). Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) (designed after) [painter] Boulogne, Louis (the Younger) (French, 1654-1733) (designed after, figures) [painter] Corneille, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1649-1695) (designed after, figures) [painter] Desportes, Alexandre-François (French, 1661-1743) (designed after, animals) [painter] c. 1771-1794 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 7'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & William A. Clark coll.; given to the Corcoran Gallery (ca. 1925). United States, District of Columbia, Washington (), Corcoran Gallery of Art. Venus holds arrow & sits on cloud with Cupid & swan; figures set within garlanded portico decorated with gardening trophies; at bottom, dolphin fountain flanked by 2 cherubim; at top, medallion with Taurus; damask background Borders missing, possibly removed while tapestry was at Gobelins during the French Revolution. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Fénaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 1-59 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 150-55 Clark Collection, Corcoran (2001), 94 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0244001-0244004; compositionally similar sets: GCPA 0243989-0243991, 0243996-0243997 (Cleveland set), GCPA 0243999-0244000 (San Francisco set), GCPA 0243974-0243975 (Rijksmuseum set), GCPA 0243986-0243988 (Palazzo Quirinale set), GCPA 0243992-0243995 (Victoria & Albert set), GCPA 0243972-0243973 (Set A), GCPA 0243963-0243964 (Set B), GCPA 0243980-0243981 (Set C), GCPA 0243982-0243985 (Set D), GCPA 0184845, 0188329, 0243965-0243971 (Set E), GCPA 0243976-0243977 (Set F), GCPA 0243978-0243979 (Set G), 0245413-0245414 (Set H); compositionally similar tapestries (similar cartoon): GCPA 0243966, 0243974, 0243976, 0243985, 0243988, 0243999, 0245413
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