The Stag at the Pool
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This and other panels for a chamber screen representing Aesop’s fables were given in 1777 to the queen’s brother Emperor Joseph II. Foreign royalty were responsible for commissioning frames for the panels they received; this example, however, remained unmounted. Almost never available for sale, Savonnerie screen panels were principally reserved for French royal use, although records indicate that on rare occasions they were lent, mounted on a screen, to visiting ambassadors (such as Ottoman Mehmed Said Efendi) to use during their time in France.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Stag at the Pool
- Manufactory: Savonnerie Manufactory (Manufactory, established 1626; Manufacture Royale, established 1663)
- Designer: Designed by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais) and
- Designer: Pierre-Josse Perrot (French, active 1724–1735)
- Date: before 1777; designs, 1739
- Culture: French
- Medium: Wool, linen
- Dimensions: 97 1/4 × 30 11/16 in. (247 × 78 cm)
- Classification: Textiles
- Credit Line: MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna (T 8325)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts