Cupid in a roundel, Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, c. 1758 - c. 1774

Title(s)

Cupid in a roundel
Cupid in a Medallion

Object type

• tapestry

Object number

BK-1975-68

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘Neilson.éx’

Description

Wandtapijt met Amor naar rechts, met twee fakkels in medaillon, op karmozijne fond; nr. XV uit de serie 'La tenture de Francois Boucher' (17 stuks compleet, 14 versies)

Artist

• Manufacture Royale des Gobelins
• Jacques Neilson (workshop of)
• designer: François Boucher
• designer: Maurice Jacques
• designer: Louis Tessier

Place

Paris

Dating

c. 1776 - c. 1783 and/or c. 1758 - c. 1774

Material

• ketting: wool
• inslag: wool
• inslag: silk

Technique

tapestry

Measurements

height 370 cm × width 235 cm
length 400 cm × diameter c. 25 cm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

Acquisition

purchase 1975

Copyright

Public domain

• Paris 1650-1900 : decorative arts in the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 402-403, cat.nr. 97
• European tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, p. 371-376, cat.nr. 111b
• Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum : decorative arts, Charissa Bremer-David, p. 66
• European post-medieval tapestries and related hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edith Appleton Standen, p. 397
• Decorative art from the Samuel H. Kress collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art : the tapestry room from Croome Court, furniture, textiles, Sèvres porcelains, and other objets, Carl Christian Dauterman, James Parker, James Joseph Rorimer, p. 52
• Wandteppiche, Heinrich Göbel, dl 1, p. 187
• Etat général des tapisseries de la manufacture des Gobelins, depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours 1600-1900, Fernand Calmettes, Maurice Fenaille, dl. 4, p. 285, 288-289, 300.
• Keuze uit de aanwinsten : [1975-3], p. 180, afb. 4