Harvesting pineapples. Vernansal, Guy-Louis (French, 1648-1729) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (author of design) [painter] c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 3'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Jacob Tabachnick, received 1/11/1941 [SS 19173/13]. French & Co. received from the Martin Estate (through Mr. Vance Kirkland University of Denver), 2/6/1958 [SS 58728-x]. In land

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Harvesting pineapples. Vernansal, Guy-Louis (French, 1648-1729) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Belin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1653-1715) (author of design) [painter] c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 3'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Jacob Tabachnick, received 1/11/1941 [SS 19173/13]. French & Co. received from the Martin Estate (through Mr. Vance Kirkland University of Denver), 2/6/1958 [SS 58728-x]. In landscape with field of pineapples, palm trees & pine trees, woman on L (=Empress?), gestures with fan as 2 workers gather pineapples in wicker baskets in foreground & maid kneels & holds (R); harvesters near buildings carry baskets in background Borders missing, & left half of original composition. Initially, famous commissions of this series took place with, notably, 1 set ordered by the duc du Maine & another by his brother the comte de Toulouse; subsequent anonymous commissions followed well into the 18th century. This panel is probably from 1 of these later commissions. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 19173/13 [also lists: 41737] French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 58728-x Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 80-97 Standen, MetMusJ 11 (1976), 103-17 Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909) Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon, larger compositions): GCPA 0241332 (Getty), 0241362, 0241363, 0241365, "Harvesting Pineapples" Musée Leblanc-Duvernay, Auxerre, France (Standen, p. 113)