Amorino Offering Flowers to a Sleeping Nymph
tapestry weaverStyle of
François Boucher
(Paris, 1703 - 1770, Paris)
Date1755-1775
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumWool warp (9 yarns per cm); wool and silk wefts
Dimensions22 x 29 in. (55.9 x 73.7 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT18w14
eMuseum ID729282
EmbARK ObjectID13047
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)002
TMS Source ID2075
Last Updated10/10/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 139. (the scene as "Sleeping Venus and Cupid"; as style of Boucher; French (Beauvais), middle of the 18th century, style of Louis 15th)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 102-03, no. 23. (the scene as "Amorino Offering Flowers to a Sleeping Nymph"; as French, Beauvais or Gobelins, 1755-75, or possibly later)
Ada H. Logan. Introducing the World of Textiles. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum II. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 6-7, no. 1. (as French, Beauvais or Gobelins, 1755-1775)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 102-03, no. 23. (the scene as "Amorino Offering Flowers to a Sleeping Nymph"; as French, Beauvais or Gobelins, 1755-75, or possibly later)
Ada H. Logan. Introducing the World of Textiles. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum II. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 6-7, no. 1. (as French, Beauvais or Gobelins, 1755-1775)
ProvenanceNotesLikely woven as a furnishing fabric at a French royal workshop, probably the Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory (active 1664-1940) or possibly the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins (active 17th century-20th century).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the French dealer and tapestry collector Edouard Larcade (d. 1951), Paris for 38,000 francs in about February 1907.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the French dealer and tapestry collector Edouard Larcade (d. 1951), Paris for 38,000 francs in about February 1907.
