This very finely woven tapestry was produced in the workshop of Guillaume Werniers (d. 1738), originally from Brussels, who succeeded Jan de Melter (d. 1698) as the main weaver of Lille. His tapestries rival in quality those of Brussels and the popularity of his works enabled him to enlarge his workshop to 21 looms despite the difficult economic situation. The most prolific period of the workshop was in the first decades of his ownership and the majority of his work was supplied to la première noblesse de France. Although he executed some special commissions such as portrait tapestries, a series depicting the life of Christ for the church of St. Saveur in Lille in 1735 and some rare mythological scenes, the vast majority of his works were based on the Teniers pastoral subjects. This scene is interesting in that it combines a Teniers pastoral scene with a grand landscape view of the château de Vincennes, one of the favoured residences of the French monarchs from the 13th century to the early 18th century.