The Arrival of Telemachus on Calypso's Island from The Story of Telemachus

INV-4966

After a design by an unknown artist based on an engraving after François Boucher (1703–1770), The Arrival of Telemachus on Calypso’s Island (L’arrivée de Télémaque dans l’île de Calypso) Possibly woven at the workshop of Gabriel Babonneix (born 1756?) at the Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson France, Aubusson

after 1776

weaving - tapestryweaving

Date

after 1776

Medium

Wool, silk, and linen, slit, dovetailed and double interlocking tapestry weave

Dimensions

330.2 × 284 cm (129 5/16 × 113 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Lt. Col. William Deering Howe

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Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [left fragment], from The Story of Psyche

After a cartoon by François Boucher (1703–1770), 1737–39 Woven at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais under the direction of André Charlemagne Charron (director 1754–80) France, Beauvais