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 preceding the following two lots, woven in silk and wool, depicting La Musique from the series Les Fêtes Italiennes, with a central group of a flute-player and a violinist playing behind a lady holding the chords, by a large figural fountain, to the left with a further group including two ladies and a violinist, within a wooded landscape and largely replaced blue outer guard borders, limited areas of reweaving
9 ft. 6 in. (290 cm.) high; 8 ft. (244 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, the previous and the following two lots would have been woven as they form a set. 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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