Lot Essay
The subject and composition of the first of these tapestries is identical to Le Dessin by François Boucher, 1754.
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CIRCA 1760-70
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV AUBUSSON TAPESTRY PICTURES
CIRCA 1760-70
Each depicting cherubs in the clouds with various allegorical attributes, within an oval ribbon-twist and beaded frame
28 ½ in. (72 cm.) high; 25 in. (63 cm.) wide (2)
CIRCA 1760-70
Each depicting cherubs in the clouds with various allegorical attributes, within an oval ribbon-twist and beaded frame
28 ½ in. (72 cm.) high; 25 in. (63 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Acquired on 8 April 1925
Literature
Alexandre Ananoff, François Boucher, Paris, 1976, pp. 127-129, fig. 1257, 1262
Special notice
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