CIRCA 1746 - 1753, BEAUVAIS, AFTER FRANCOIS BOUCHER, BY NICOLAS BESNIER AND JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY

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A FRENCH PASTORAL TAPESTRY
CIRCA 1746 - 1753, BEAUVAIS, AFTER FRANCOIS BOUCHER, BY NICOLAS BESNIER AND JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY
En suite with the three preceding lots, woven in silk and wool, depicting Le Jardinier from the series Fêtes Italiennes, with a seated lady and a girl holding flowers to the left and a seated gardener holding a watering-can to the right, before sweeping steps and a large trellis, within blue outer guard borders, later to top and bottom, minor areas of re-weaving
9 ft. 6 in. (290 cm.) high; 53 in. (135 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel George V, 23 June 1988, lot 129.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This subject is first recorded as being on the looms in 1746, the earliest date at which this lot and the previous three lots which form a set could have been woven. However, there is no record of La Danse having been woven after 1753, which narrows the date of the weaving of these four tapestries to 1746 - 1753.

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