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The Flute Player from Set Les Beaux Pastorales

1775
woven at

Beauvais

(French)
designed by

François Boucher

(French, 1703–1770)
France, 18th century
tapestry weave: silk and wool
Overall: 363.1 x 375.7 cm (142 15/16 x 147 15/16 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.822
Location: Not on view
  • Count Marie Ernest Paul Boniface "Boni" de Castellane, Marquis de Castellane [1867–1932]
    J. Pierpont Morgan [1837–1913], New York, NY
    ?–1942
    John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1942–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Townsend, Gertrude. "A Pastoral by Franc̦ois Boucher." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts 38, no. 230 (December 1940): 82–86. Reproduced: p. 83 4170777
    Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Reproduced: pp. [54-55], Plate XXVI, cat. no. 121; Mentioned: p. 60, cat. no. 121 archive.org
    Milliken, William M., Gertrude Underhill, and Jean Mailey. "Department of Decorative Arts." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 137–151. pp. 148–149 25141017
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 313 archive.org
    Hôtel de Ville (Beauvais, France). Trois siècles de tapisseries de Beauvais: exposition organisée a l'occasion du tricentenaire de la fondation de la manufacture royale de tapisseries : Hôtel de Ville, Beauvais, 19 juin-30 septembre 1964. [Beauvais]: [publisher not identified], 1964. no. 29
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 135 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 135 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 178 archive.org
  • Three Centuries of Beauvais Tapestries. Hôtel de Beauvais, Paris, France (June 19-September 30, 1964).
    Trois siecles de tapisseries de Beauvais: 1664-1964. Hotel de Ville, Beauvais, France (June 19-September 30, 1964).
    Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
  • {{cite web|title=The Flute Player from Set Les Beaux Pastorales|url=false|author=Beauvais, François Boucher|year=1775|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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