Venus appuyee sur son cher Adonis ...

1767

François Boucher

Artist, French, 1703 - 1770

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and white chalk on faded blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31.6 x 21.8 cm (12 7/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.1050

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Simon Charles Miger

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Ceix quitte Alcyone pour aller consulter l'Oracle d'Apollon ...

Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J.P. Heseltine (Lugt 1507)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1944

  • French Prints and Drawings of the XVIIIth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1944-1945, no catalogue.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 106.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

Bibliography

1973

  • Slatkin 1973, 92.

2009

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009: 132, fig. 2 (color).

Inscriptions

lower left: F Boucher / 1767

Wikidata ID

Q64569742

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