A LOUIS XV BEAUVAIS PASTORAL TAPESTRY

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13.10.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1027709
Lot 350 | A LOUIS XV BEAUVAIS PASTORAL TAPESTRY
A LOUIS XV BEAUVAIS PASTORAL TAPESTRY

WOVEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NICOLAS BESNIER ET JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY, AFTER DESIGNS BY FRANCOIS BOUCHER, CIRCA 1736-52

Woven in wools and silks, depicting La Danse and Le Jardinier from the series Fêtes Italiennes, depicting figures dancing, resting and playing music in a rustic setting interspersed with statues, architectural garden structures and ruins, signed 'BESNIER ET OUDRY A BEAUVAIS'; lacking original border

130 in. (330 cm.) high, 256 in. (650 cm.) wide





Provenance

Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), Le Salon des Tapisseries, in the Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Visites privées, hôtels particuliers de Paris, Paris, 1999, p. 10.
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