*A BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL , CIRCA 1746-1762, AFTER FRANÇOIS BOUCHER

Sale 8512

Important French Furniture, Ceramics, Tapestries & Carpets

New York, Park Avenue

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30 - 31 October 1996

Browse Sale

Lot 323 | The Property of THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM Read more

*A BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL

CIRCA 1746-1762, AFTER FRANÇOIS BOUCHER

Price realised

USD 16,100

Estimate

USD 10,000 - USD 15,000

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*A BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL
circa 1746-1762, after françois boucher
Depicting 'Le Jardinier' and woven with a young woman and two children within a garden setting, one child leans against the woman offering her an apron filled with flowers, the other child rests on the ground with a watering can, in the distance beyond the stairs a woman with a parasol and child are partly visible, the borders woven with scrolling laurel and acanthus clasps, reduced in width, wear to borders
10ft. 1in. x 4ft. 10in. (3m. 7cm. x 1m. 47cm.)

Provenance

Monsieur X sale, 1927, no. 5, illus.
Purchased by Stettiner
Ogden L. Mills, New York, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 31 March 1938, lot 537, illus. 147
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Literature and exhibited

Literature

J. Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de Beauvais, Paris 1909, p. 60
E. Standen, "Fêtes Italiennes: Beauvais Tapestries after Boucher in the Metropolitan Museum of Art", Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 12, 1977, pp. 107-130, footnote 50
E. Standen, European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985, vol. II, pp. 521-523

Lot Essay

According to Baden (op.cit.), Le Jardinier is one of fourteen subjects from the Fêtes Italiennes series woven at Beauvais after designs by François Boucher between 1746 and 1762. Le Jardinier is recorded as being woven eleven times.

A wider version is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and features two marble statues flanking the main scene. Another example is in the Baron Guy de Rothschild Collection, formerly in the Château de Ferrières (Standen, op.cit.).

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The Property of THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM

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*This lot may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the front of the catalogue.
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Lot 323 | The Property of THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM Read more

*A BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL

CIRCA 1746-1762, AFTER FRANÇOIS BOUCHER

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