Figure Studies including Bearded Face of an Old Man

published 1735

François Boucher after Abraham Bloemaert

Associated Names
François Boucher

Artist, French, 1703 - 1770

Abraham Bloemaert

Artist After, Dutch, 1566 - 1651

The image features several figures: an older man's detailed face in the upper left, a group of seated men below him, a young woman with a basket of plants in the center right, and a boy in the bottom right. The background is minimal, emphasizing the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.8 x 21.7 cm (5 13/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.2 x 35.5 cm (9 1/8 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.35.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 178

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1859

  • Baudicour, Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1859-1861. Reprint, Paris, 1967: Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris: Mme Bouchard Huzard, Rapilly [etc.], 1859-1861.

1978

  • Jean-Richard 1978, 183.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Boucher Sculpsit.; upper right in plate: 9

Watermarks

undeciphered

Wikidata ID

Q74878093

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