Harvesting pineapples. Vernansal, Guy-Louis (French, 1648-1729) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (author of design) [painter] c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'8" x W 6'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Spreckels, invoiced 2/16/1928; sold to D. Widener 4/30/1929. United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art. In landscape with field of pineapples, p
Harvesting pineapples. Vernansal, Guy-Louis (French, 1648-1729) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (author of design) [painter] c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'8" x W 6'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Spreckels, invoiced 2/16/1928; sold to D. Widener 4/30/1929. United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art. In landscape with field of pineapples, palm trees & pine trees, woman on L (=Empress?), gestures with fan as 2 workers gather pineapples in wicker baskets in foreground; man picks pineapple as maid kneels & holds fan in center; harvesters near buildings carry baskets in background (L), six-storied pagoda in distance (BRD) picture-frame border with stylized acanthus leaves Initially, famous commissions of this series took place with, notably, 1 set ordered by the duc du Maine & another by his brother the comte de Toulouse; subsequent anonymous commissions followed well into the 18th century. This panel is probably from 1 of these later commissions. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 31683 Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 80-97 Standen, MetMusJ 11 (1976), 103-17 Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909) Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0241332 (Getty), 0241363, 0241365, 0241367 (smaller composition), "Harvesting Pineapples" Musée Leblanc-Duvernay, Auxerre (Standen, p. 113)
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