Luncheon. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] (French) c. 1756-1778 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'6" x W 11'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from C. L. Blair 3/11/1922; sold to William Randolph Hearst 4/3/1924 [SS 11450]. French & Co. purchased from William Randolph Hearst, invoiced 11/25/1939; sold to Museum of Fine Arts 4/[?]/1940 [SS 19590]. United States, Massachusetts, Boston, Mu
Luncheon. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] (French) c. 1756-1778 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'6" x W 11'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from C. L. Blair 3/11/1922; sold to William Randolph Hearst 4/3/1924 [SS 11450]. French & Co. purchased from William Randolph Hearst, invoiced 11/25/1939; sold to Museum of Fine Arts 4/[?]/1940 [SS 19590]. United States, Massachusetts, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right: [fleur-de-lys] Young woman seated on ground looks up towards young man seated behind her who offers her grapes & 2 boys who hold bunches of grapes (L), facing towards her is another young woman seated on ground & holding handle of basket of fruit, a young man approaches behind her carying pitcher on rope in R hand & staff with bunch of grapes suspended by ribbon resting on his L shoulder (R), little boy with sheep (far R); classical ruin with relief with 3 putti on L, rustic fence in middle ground on R (BRD) picture-frame border with curling parsley leaves; (UPR BRD) centered by coat of armsimpinging on field French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 11450 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 19590 Townsend, BullMFA 38 (1940), 82-86 Wark, Huntington (1961), 68-69 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0241690 (Huntington Art Gallery), 0241724 (Set A), 0241709, Stotesbury coll., Sir George Alexander Cooper coll.
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