About This Artwork

Designed by Louis-Hippolyte LeBas
French, 1782–1867
Printed and produced by Christophe Philippe Oberkampf, 1738–1815
France, Jouy-en-Josas

Panel Entitled "La Marchande d'Amour" (The Merchant of Love), 1815/17

Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed
99 x 95.2 cm (39 x 37 1/2 in.)
Warp repeat: 49.8 cm (19 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Lawrence McClure, 1966.146

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "Printed Fabrics from the Permanent Collection," August 8, 1981–January 31, 1982

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century," September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago's Collection," February 17–May 2, 1993

Publication History

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 98, 147.




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