Hunter. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. ?. Italy, Lazio, Roma, Rome, Palazzo Venezia (?). Young man, seated on grassy bank, holds gun & caresses dog, 2 dead rabbits are under dog's paw, behind him groom holds 2 horses as one drinks from
Hunter. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. ?. Italy, Lazio, Roma, Rome, Palazzo Venezia (?). Young man, seated on grassy bank, holds gun & caresses dog, 2 dead rabbits are under dog's paw, behind him groom holds 2 horses as one drinks from large fountain, 2 dogs in front of groom (BRD) picture-frame border with oak leaf within acanthus guilloche, fleur-de-lys in corners The subjects of the panels in the set belonging to the Palazzo Venezia, Rome (from the San Donato sale, Florence, 3/15/1880, no. 36), Charlatan, Fortune teller, Girl with grapes, Hunter & Girl fishing, & Standen's descriptions of the individualizing aspects of those panels, correspond with the panels of the set represented in these photographs. The scene of this tapestry is usually usually found combined with the Girls with grapes composition. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 507-533 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241401-0241410; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): 0241387 (Metropolitan Museum of Art), 0241400 (Huntington Art Gallery), 0241413, 0241429; see also Standen, p. 523-526
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