The Bird Catcher, from The Noble Pastoral

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

François Boucher

Title

The Bird Catcher, from The Noble Pastoral

Place

Beauvais (Object made in)

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Made 1778–1780

Medium

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

Dimensions

572.2 × 369.7 cm (225 1/4 × 145 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Flora Whitney Miller, Barbara Whitney Henry, and Major Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in memory of their mother, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Reference Number

1942.144

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