About This Artwork

After a design by an unknown artist based on an engraving after François Boucher (1703–1770), The Arrival of Telemachus on Calypso’s Island (L’arrivée de Télémaque dans l’île de Calypso)
Possibly woven at the workshop of Gabriel Babonneix (born 1756?) at the Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson
France, Aubusson

The Arrival of Telemachus on Calypso's Island, from The Story of Telemachus, after 1776

Wool, silk, and linen, slit, dovetailed and double interlocking tapestry weave
330.2 x 284 cm (129 5/16 x 113 in.)
Gift of Lt. Col. William Deering Howe, 1944.4