Piggy-back. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'8" x W 6' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Powers Drum, invoiced 6/6/1933 [SS 17868]. French & Co. sold to K. Robbins 6/15/1938 (?) [SS 39701]. In landscape with trees, river & flowering plants near farmhouses, a group of 4 boys playing piggy- back as another boy approaches (L); bridge & village in distance Borders missing. The stock sheet 17868 indicates that GCPA 0243125 used to
Piggy-back. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'8" x W 6' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Powers Drum, invoiced 6/6/1933 [SS 17868]. French & Co. sold to K. Robbins 6/15/1938 (?) [SS 39701]. In landscape with trees, river & flowering plants near farmhouses, a group of 4 boys playing piggy- back as another boy approaches (L); bridge & village in distance Borders missing. The stock sheet 17868 indicates that GCPA 0243125 used to be mounted as a 3-fold screen, which may account for the slight discrepancy in dimensions. The present scene is part of a larger composition, as exemplified in GCPA 0243123 & 0243129 (cited below). There are variants to this scene, with the inclusion or absence of a maiden to the far left, a young boy approaching the main group of young boys (L), or a woman with a child near a fountain (R). These scenes come in several possible combinations. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 17868 [also lists: 39154] French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 39701 Boccara, Belles heures de la tapisserie (1971), 217 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0243128; compositionally similar tapestries (with variations): GCPA 0243121, 0243124, 0243126, 0243130-0243131, "Le cheval fondu" Boccara coll. (Boccara, ); compositionally similar tapestries (full composition), GCPA 0243123, 0243129
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