Piggy-back. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'4" x W 6'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs C. C. Grinswald, invoiced 4/9/1930; sold to Herbert Bertrand 4/1936 [SS 36450-b]. French & Co. received from Mrs. Herbert Bertrand, 12/29/1943; returned 10/24/1946 [SS 76825]. In landscape with trees, river & flowering plants near farmhouse (L), a group of 4 boys playing piggy- back as another boy approaches (L); bridge & village with ch
Piggy-back. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'4" x W 6'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs C. C. Grinswald, invoiced 4/9/1930; sold to Herbert Bertrand 4/1936 [SS 36450-b]. French & Co. received from Mrs. Herbert Bertrand, 12/29/1943; returned 10/24/1946 [SS 76825]. In landscape with trees, river & flowering plants near farmhouse (L), a group of 4 boys playing piggy- back as another boy approaches (L); bridge & village with church in distance Borders missing. 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 coming towards 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, 36450-b [also lists: 75645] French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 76825 Boccara, Belles heures de la tapisserie (1971), 217 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0243121, 0243124, "Le cheval fondu" Boccara coll. (Boccara, ); compositionally similar tapestries (with variations), GCPA 0243125, 0243128, 0243130-0243131; compositionally similar tapestries (full composition), GCPA 0243123, 0243129
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