Allegory of Music with Two Cherubs and Doves (100)

Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

François Boucher

Artist After, French, 1703 - 1770

Gilles Demarteau the Elder after François Boucher

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 46.7 x 29.5 cm (18 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 55 x 40 cm (21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.152.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leymarie 1896, no. 100

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Mr. Gregory E. Mescha, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 100.

1978

  • Jean-Richard, Pierrette. L'oeuvre grave de François Boucher, dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris, 1978.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Boucher f. / à Messire Caspard Moyse de Fontanieu / Conseiller d'Etat ordinaire Intendant et Controlleur General des Meubles de la Couronne / No 100 Tiré du cabinet de Mr. de Fontaineu Par son tres humble et tres Obeissant serviteur Demarteau Lne.

Wikidata ID

Q76341130

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