Bacchus and Ariadne from a set of The Loves of the Gods

Bacchus and Ariadne from a set of The Loves of the Gods

Bacchus and Ariadne from a set of The Loves of the Gods
Designer:Designed by François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
Manufactory:Beauvais
Maker:Weaving Manufactory directed by André Charlemagne Charron (French, active 1754–80)
Maker: Weaving Manufactory directed by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais)
Patron:Comissioned by Count Johann Hartvig Ernst Bernstorff (Danish)
Patron: Commissioned by Count Johann Hartvig Ernst Bernstorff (Danish)
Date:1754–56
Culture:French, Beauvais
Medium:Wool, silk (23-25 warps per inch, 9-10 per cm.)
Dimensions:H. 148 1/2 x W. 208 inches (377.2 x 528.3 cm) as measured by Textile Conservation in 1984
Classification:Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line:From the Collection of James Stillman, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, 1922