The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 19-20 (1984-1985)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 1920

"The Amours des Dieux: A Series of Beauvais Tapestries After Boucher"

Standen, Edith A.

1984

22 pages

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Edith Standen

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Bacchus and Ariadne from a set of The Loves of the Gods, François Boucher French, Wool, silk (23-25 warps per inch, 9-10 per cm.), French, Beauvais — Bacchus and Ariadne from a set of The Loves of the Gods
François Boucher
1754

Arms of Joseph Marie, Second Duc de Boufflers, Jean-Baptiste Oudry French, Wool, silk (21 warps per inch, 10 per cm.), French, Beauvais — Arms of Joseph Marie, Second Duc de Boufflers
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
designed in 1733, probably woven in 1740

Vulcan Presenting Arms for Aeneas to Venus from a set of The Loves of the Gods, François Boucher French, Wool, silk (23-25 warps per inch, 9-10 per cm.), French, Beauvais — Vulcan Presenting Arms for Aeneas to Venus from a set of The Loves of the Gods
François Boucher
Designed 1749; Woven 1754