Allegory of Music

1764

François Boucher

Artist, French, 1703 - 1770

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with red wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 16.7 x 23 cm (6 9/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1979.15.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ananoff 1966, no. 940

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Charles E. Slatkin [1909-1999]; sold 1979 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

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

Bibliography

1966

  • Ananoff, Alexandre. L'oeuvre dessine de Francois Boucher (1703-1770). Paris, 1966.

1973

  • Slatkin 1973, 83.

Wikidata ID

Q64569745

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