The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 29 (1994)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 29

"Country Children: Some Enfants de Boucher in Gobelins Tapestry"

Standen, Edith A.

1994

23 pages

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About the authors

Edith Appleton Standen

Met Art in Publication

Girl in an Apron (La Fille au Tablier), Vincennes Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Vincennes — Girl in an Apron (La Fille au Tablier)
Manufactory Vincennes Manufactory
Modeler Pierre Blondeau
After a model by François Boucher
ca. 1753–54

Girl Feeding Chickens from the series known as the Enfants de Boucher, François Boucher French, Wool, silk (27 warps per inch, 10-11 per cm.), French, Paris — Girl Feeding Chickens from the series known as the Enfants de Boucher
After a painting by François Boucher
Manufactory Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
Low-warp Workshop of Jacques Neilson
ca. 1770–80

The Shepherd, Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune French, Etching and engraving — The Shepherd
Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune
After François Boucher
ca. 1753

Les Amans Surpris (The Surprised Lovers), René Gaillard French, Colored etching and engraving — Les Amans Surpris (The Surprised Lovers)
René Gaillard
After François Boucher
18th century

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