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The Chinese Market
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This tapestry is part of a set of 'Chinese' wall hangings, after a design by the French painter François Boucher of 1742. It presents an imaginary view of a marketplace in Asia. It teems with the type of Asian luxury goods that were shipped to the northern Netherlands during the 17th century and subsequently found their way throughout Europe: porcelain, lacquerware, weapons and textiles. Such objects along with illustrated 17th-century Dutch travel accounts were an important source for Boucher.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe Chinese markt. 1767 - 1769. Manufacture Royale de Beauvais. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
