Psyche's arrival at Cupid's palace. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (cartoon creator) [painter] Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (workshop) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1741-1770 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'6" x W 5'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Miss Eleanor Blodgett 2/26/1917; sold to Charles Deering 12/17/1918. United States, Illinois, Chicago, Art Institute of Chi
Psyche's arrival at Cupid's palace. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (cartoon creator) [painter] Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (workshop) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1741-1770 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'6" x W 5'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Miss Eleanor Blodgett 2/26/1917; sold to Charles Deering 12/17/1918. United States, Illinois, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago. 5 servants seated on cushions; 4 look towards to L: 1 holds basket of flowers, another holds up a flower, 1 plays tambourine, another watches her; the 5th holds a lyre & looks towards the R Fragment of tapestry? This panel represents the right 1/3 portion of the full composition. Borders missing; shown in gold wooden frame. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 4016-b Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 106-119, cat. 11 a Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243698-0243700; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0243696 (Getty), 0243789 (Philadelphia), 0243693 (Petit Palais, on same panel with "Treasures"), 0243680, 0243676 (Christie's 1984 sale; fragment?); see also Bremer-David, p. 117
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