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09 July 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) -
8, rue Dominique-Larréa, Z.A. Layatz - 64500 Saint-Jean-de-Luz
One of the famous set of wall hangings illustrating LesAmours des dieux (The Loves of the Gods), this Louis XV period tapestry of The Rape of Europa from the Beauvais factory was based on a cartoon by Boucher.
Beauvais factory, c. 1750, The Rape of Europa, wool and silk tapestry, after a 1747 cartoon by François Boucher, 274 x 368 cm/107.9 x 144.9 in. Estimate: €10,000/12,000
Beauvais factory, c. 1750, The Rape of Europa, wool and silk tapestry, after a 1747 cartoon by François Boucher, 274 x 368 cm/107.9 x 144.9 in. Estimate: €10,000/12,000
In 1747, when Boucher painted The Rape of Europa (now in the Louvre), he was a highly-regarded court artist, with a rococo style in tune with the times and who chose universally appealing mythological subjects.…
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