Tapestry “le Cheval Fondu” After Jb Huet Aubusson XVIII

Aubusson tapestry "the melted horse" in wool and silk belonging to the "country amusements" series, made according to the cartoons of * Jean Baptiste Huet after those of **Jean Baptiste Oudry for the Royale de Beauvais factory. In the foreground we see seven characters in silky clothes and shimmering colors, five young boys playing "melted horse" and a young woman with her child sitting at the foot of a stump. The scene takes place in a rural landscape made up of a stone fountain on the right and gables of houses on the left. In the background we see a bridge and a church all on a wooded background Original border in very good condition (formerly reduced in height) This tapestry is in. a good state of conservation, which allows it not to be lined, only a velcro strip has been placed at the top allowing easy installation (slight old restorations) Aubusson second half of the 18th century *Jean-Baptiste Huet is. a French painter, born in Paris on October 15, 1745 and died in the same city on August 27, 1811. **Jean-Baptiste Oudry, born in Paris on March 17, 1686 and died in Beauvais on April 30, 1755, is a painter and engraver French.