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design and cartoon by François Boucher; woven under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Nicolas Besnier at the Beauvais manufactory Nicolas Besnier (artist) French Jean-Baptiste Oudry (artist) French, 1686 - 1755 Beauvais Tapestry Factory (weaver) French, founded 1664 François Boucher (artist after) French, 1703 - 1770 Dream of Rinaldo, c. 1751 tapestry: undyed wool warp; dyed wool and silk weft overall (approximate dimensions): 281.3 x 472.4 cm (110 3/4 x 186 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.452 On View |
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| 1752 | Manufacture royale de Beauvais. Prix des Ouvrages et Comptes des Ouvrages: Années 1746 à 1753. Mobilier National, Archives, Paris, 1752-1754: B166: fols. 228v-231. |
| 1909 | Badin, Jules. La Manufacture de Tapisseries de Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours. Paris, 1909: 62. |
| 1932 | McCall, George Henry. The Joseph Widener Collection. Tapestries at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1932: 36-38, no. X, color repro.; 81-83, repro. |
| 1935 | Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 123-124. |
| 1972 | Jarry, Madeleine. "The Wealth of Boucher Tapestries in American Museums." Antiques 102 (August 1972): 224. |
| 1985 | Standen, Edith Appleton. European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1985: 2:547, 548 n. 19. |
| 1986 | Brunel, Georges. Boucher. New York, 1986: fig. 123. |
| 1986 | Standen, Edith Appleton. "The Fragments d'Opéra: A Series of Beauvais Tapestries After Boucher." Metropolitan Museum Journal 21 (1986): 124-127, fig. 1. |
| 1986 | Standen, Edith Appleton. "Boucher as a Tapestry Designer." In Georges Brunel, Boucher, Paris, 1986: 333. |
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