The Bird Catcher, from The Noble Pastoral
INV-4441After 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)
Beauvais, France
Designed, 1748; commissioned by June 1778; woven between June 27, 1778 and Sept. 17, 1780
weaving - tapestrytextile
Date
Designed, 1748; commissioned by June 1778; woven between June 27, 1778 and Sept. 17, 1780
Medium
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Dimensions
572.2 × 369.7 cm (225 1/4 × 145 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Flora Whitney Miller, Barbara Whitney Henry, and Major Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in memory of their mother, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney