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The Bird Catcher, from The Noble Pastoral

The Bird Catcher, from The Noble Pastoral

After a cartoon by François Boucher (1703–1770) Woven at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais under the direction of André Charlemagne Charron (director, 1754–80) and de Menou (director, 1780–93) France, Beauvais
Date
1778/80
Medium
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Dimensions
572.2 × 369.7 cm (225 1/4 × 145 5/8 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Gift of Flora Whitney Miller, Barbara Whitney Henry, and Major Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in memory of their mother, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney