page_title: The Pastoral Amusements
hierarchical_section_title: The Pastoral Amusements
caption_attribution_description: English: Beauvais Tapestry, Le Cheval Fondu Français&#160;: Manufacture de Beauvais d'après les cartons de Jean Baptiste Oudry (french, 1686-1755): Les Amusements Champêtres: Le cheval fondu , faisant partie d'un ensemble de huit pièces dont les premiers cartons furent dessinés entre 1720 et 1730. Rencontrant un large succès, la tenture fut reeditée en de nombreuses séries, notamment à Aubusson par Jean-Baptiste Huet.
context_page_description: The Pastoral Amusements, is a series of tapestries designed between 1720 and 1730 by Jean-Baptiste Oudry for Noël-Antoine de Mérou, then director of the Royal Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory.
  The first production of the designs took place at Beauvais in 1731.
  After enjoying huge success the series was later adapted and further developed at Aubusson by Jean-Baptiste Huet the elder.
context_section_description: The Pastoral Amusements, (French: Les Amusements champêtres) is a series of tapestries designed between 1720 and 1730 by Jean-Baptiste Oudry for Noël-Antoine de Mérou, then director of the Royal Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory.
  The first production of the designs took place at Beauvais in 1731.
  After enjoying huge success the series was later adapted and further developed at Aubusson by Jean-Baptiste Huet the elder (d. 1811).
caption: Le Cheval Fondu Tapestry, from the Barlatier de Mas Collection, Sotogrande, Spain
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