Live Auction 1147European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries
A LOUIS XVI PASTORAL ALENTOURS TAPESTRY
Lot 156 Property from a Noble Rhenish Baroque Castle (lots 67-68, 146-168)

A LOUIS XVI PASTORAL ALENTOURS TAPESTRY

AUBUSSON OR BEAUVAIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY, AFTER JEAN BAPTISTE HUET

Closed2 October 2013

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A LOUIS XVI PASTORAL ALENTOURS TAPESTRY
AUBUSSON OR BEAUVAIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY, AFTER JEAN BAPTISTE HUET
Woven in silks and wools, depicting a central pastoral medallion on a decorative background, including trophies, one with a star of David, with initials 'B' and 'J', previously inset in panelling, areas of re-weaving
8 ft. 10 in. x 15 ft (269 x 458 cm.)

Specialist note

Alentours tapestries such as this were first designed by Jean Germain Soufflot (d. 1780), François Boucher (d. 1770) and Maurice Jacques (d. 1784) for the Royal Gobelins Tapestry Manufacture between 1757 and 1767. The idea was then copied by Aubusson and Beauvais for alentours depicting the fables of La Fontaine and later incorporating scenes designed by Jean-Baptiste Huet (d. 1811), which were woven between 1775 and 1790.