Aubusson tapestry woven in wool and silk, the washerwomen, 18th century, 1770-1779
The landscape evokes the paintings of Jacques-Nicolas Julliard, in particular "the smallholding by the river", the scene presents a vast hilly landscape: in the foreground on the right, a young shepherd is courting two shepherdesses and washerwomen are busy near of a fountain, inspired by the “noble pastoral” tapestry after François Boucher, woven in Beauvais.
Jacques Nicolas Julliard
Received at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1754, he became Painter of the King at the Manufacture of Aubusson and Felletin as a painter of tapestry cartoons from 1755. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES: - Noah Simmons, summary catalog of the 'Work of Nicolas-Jacques Julliard.
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