Shore scene with anchored boats and sailors. Vernet, Claude Joseph (French, 1714-1789) (designed after) [painter] c. 1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'7" x W 8'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from J. H. Harding, invoiced 11/17/1926; returned 6/16/1938. In shore scene near building in classical taste (R), boat being moored with on board sailors unloading a barrel, Turkish merchant with long pipe talking with man, & another woman with child in the back; vessel with sailors unloading merchandise & buildings in
Shore scene with anchored boats and sailors. Vernet, Claude Joseph (French, 1714-1789) (designed after) [painter] c. 1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'7" x W 8'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from J. H. Harding, invoiced 11/17/1926; returned 6/16/1938. In shore scene near building in classical taste (R), boat being moored with on board sailors unloading a barrel, Turkish merchant with long pipe talking with man, & another woman with child in the back; vessel with sailors unloading merchandise & buildings in background; additional vessels & buildings along the coastline in distance Borders missing. An anonymous note on recto of GCPA 0209539 underlines Claude Joseph Vernet's influential role as a designer for this panel. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 14561-a Boccara, Belles heures de la tapisserie (1971), 211 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), pl. 289 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243243, 0243234, 0243242, 0243246, 0184458; compositionally similar tapestries (larger composition): GCPA 0243244-0243245; compositionally similar tapestry: "L'Embarquement" Dario Boccara coll. (Boccara, p. 211); compositionally similar tapestry (larger composition, right half): "Le Débarquement" L. Bernheimer (Göbel, pl. 289)
Size: 8800px × 8351px
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