Psyche contemplating sleeping Cupid. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Belle, Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne (French, 1722-1806) (cartoon creator) [painter] Cozette, Michel-Henri (French, 1744-1822) (workshop) [weaver] 1792 Tapestry Dimensions: H 148" x W 120" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 21-22/inch) Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Woven for M. Marquet de Peire (1767). Lewis & Simmons, Cleveland (1918). Jacques Seligmann coll. French & Co. Henry Walters coll. J. Paul Getty coll. Gift of J. Paul Getty. United States,
Psyche contemplating sleeping Cupid. Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design) [painter] Belle, Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne (French, 1722-1806) (cartoon creator) [painter] Cozette, Michel-Henri (French, 1744-1822) (workshop) [weaver] 1792 Tapestry Dimensions: H 148" x W 120" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 21-22/inch) Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Woven for M. Marquet de Peire (1767). Lewis & Simmons, Cleveland (1918). Jacques Seligmann coll. French & Co. Henry Walters coll. J. Paul Getty coll. Gift of J. Paul Getty. United States, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower field, right: Cozette Psyche holds lamp & watches Cupid sleeping on bed in chamber decorated with spiral columns, caryatids holding draperies & large vase of flowers (BRD) picture-frame border with wave motif & egg-&-dart band, rosettes in corners; (UPR BRD) centered by cartouche with wreath; (LWR BRD) centered by empty cartouche 7th weaving. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Fénaille, Gobelins 4 (1903-1923), 139-69 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 167-68 Los Angeles, Elegant Art (1983), 213 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (same cartoon): GCPA 0242070
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