The Offering to Bacchus (from a set of five Berain Grotesques). Artist: Style of Jean Berain (French, Saint-Mihiel 1640-1711 Paris). Culture: French, Beauvais. Designer: Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French, Lille 1636-1699 London); Border designed by Guy Louis Vernansal the Elder (French, Fontainebleau 1648-1729 Paris). Dimensions: H. 115 x W. 80 inches (292.1 x 203.2 cm). Factory director: Philippe Béhagle (French, 1641-1705) , or his son Philippe. Manufactory: Beauvais. Date: designed ca. 1688, woven ca. 1690-1711.Presenting a statue and musician within a fanciful architectural setting, this tapestry is from a set known as the Berain Grotesques, in reference to the pervasive stylistic influence of Jean Berain (1640-1711), who may even have provided preliminary sketches. The Classical architecture, flora, fauna and figures against the blank ground was in emulation of the Roman wall-paintings excavated in the subterranean chambers of Nero's palace in Rome (erroneously called 'grotti', henc
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