Légende

Figural tapestry depicting pastoral scenes with floral ornaments and borders. In the center foreground, under a tree, a sleeping girl lies with a sickle in her hand; above her a young boy kneels, raising a finger to his lips. Background shows a building with a double conical roof and a distant horizon. Border with floral motifs. Colors: brown, green, and sand. 2nd half of the 18th century, France. Woven fabrics; height 280 cm, width 195 cm., A rectangular woven tapestry with a wide floral border in shades of brown, beige, green, blue, and red surrounds a central pastoral scene; inside the border, a large tree with green and yellow leaves dominates the right side while branches with darker green leaves extend across the upper area. In the lower central area, a reclining figure dressed in blue and white striped fabric rests on the ground beside another seated or kneeling figure wearing garments in red and yellow tones, and a standing figure in a red and yellow outfit reaches toward them. The background includes rolling green and blue hills and muted earth-toned ground with scattered small plants, and the overall palette shows faded greens, blues, browns, creams, and touches of red and yellow.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A12_125

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

74.7Mo (7.6Mo) / 36.8cm x 50.8cm / 4350 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Figural tapestry depicting pastoral scenes floral ornaments borders center foreground under tree sleeping girl lies sickle hand young boy kneels raising finger lips Background building double conical roof distant horizon Border floral motifs Colors brown green sand 2nd half 18th century France Woven fabrics height 280 cm width 195 cm rectangular woven tapestry wide floral border shades beige blue red surrounds central pastoral scene inside border large tree yellow leaves dominates right side branches darker green leaves extend across upper area lower central area reclining figure dressed white striped fabric rests ground beside another seated kneeling figure wearing garments red yellow tones standing figure yellow outfit reaches them background includes rolling green blue hills muted earth-toned ground scattered small plants palette faded greens blues browns creams touches yellow.