Dream of Rinaldo

c. 1751

Nicolas Besnier

Artist, French, 1714 - 1754

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist, French, 1686 - 1755

Beauvais Tapestry Factory

Weaver, French, founded 1664

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G13

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tapestry: undyed wool warp; dyed wool and silk weft

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate dimensions): 281.3 x 472.4 cm (110 3/4 x 186 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.452

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Edward Behrens, London. Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • François Boucher in North American Collections: One Hundred Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago, 1973-1974, unnumbered brochure titled François Boucher: Influence and Versatility (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

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.

  • Standen, Edith Appleton. "Boucher as a Tapestry Designer." In Georges Brunel, Boucher, Paris, 1986: 333.

  • Standen, Edith Appleton. "The Fragments d'Opéra: A Series of Beauvais Tapestries After Boucher." Metropolitan Museum Journal 21 (1986): 124-127, fig. 1.

2006

  • Mercurio, Janice Ellen. “Staging Alliances: Redefining Painting and Music in Early Eighteenth-Century France” (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 2006): 29, 297, 299, 326–327; 483 fig. 6.14.

Inscriptions

lower right, written backwards in blue-black wool: f. Boucher / 1751

Wikidata ID

Q62268438

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