Aurora and Cephalus, c. 1766

Inscription

signed(?) at lower right: f. Boucher f.

Provenance

Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.

Exhibition History

1909

National Loan Exhibition. Grafton Galleries, London, 1909, no. 71.

1944

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

1973

François Boucher in North American Collections: 100 Drawings. National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Art Institute of Chicago. Washington, 1973, no. 93 (Regina Slatkin).

1997

Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997 (no cat.).

2009

Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 132-133, 283, no. 57 (color).

Bibliography

1877

Portalis, Baron Roger de. Les dessinateurs d'illustrations au 18e siècle. 2 parts in 4 vols. Paris, 1877, 1 (pt. 1), 40 (all Metamorphoses drawings).

1880

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de. L'Art du XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1880-1882, 1: 203-204.

1900

Drawings by François Boucher, J.-H. Fragonard and Antoine Watteau in the Collection of J.P. Heseltine. London, 1900: no. 11.

1906

Michel, André, Louis Soullié, and Charles Masson. François Boucher: Catalogue raisonné de l'eouvre peint et dessiné. Paris [1906]: nos. 453, 2569.

1912

Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres à gravures de XVIIIe siècle.6th ed., rev. and augmented by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: col. 772 (all Metamorphoses drawings).

1913

Dessins de l'école français du XVIIIe siècle, provenant de la Collection Heseltine. Paris, 1913: no. 5.

1923

Ricci, Seymour de. The Roederer Library of French Books, Prints, and Drawings of the 18th Century. Philadelphia, 1923: 21 (all Metamorphoses drawings).

1962

Mongan, Agnes. Great Drawings of All Time, Vol 3, French Drawings, Thirteenth Century to 1919. Edited by Ira Moskowitz. New York, 1962: no. 697.

1964

Valléry-Radot, Jean. French Drawings, Fifteenth Century through Géricault. New York, 1964: 94, pl. 62.

1976

Ananoff, Alexandre, and Daniel Wildenstein. François Boucher. 2 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1976: 2:158, no. 481(9), fig. 1351.

1978

Jean-Richard, Pierrette. L'Oeuvre grave de Francois Boucher, dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris, 1978: no. 1562.

1992

Jacoby, Beverly Schreiber. "Boucher's Late Brown Chalk Composition Drawings." Master Drawings 30, no. 3 (Autumn 1992): 259, 261, 271, 281 note 6, no. 10, fig. 5.

2003

Joulie, Françoise, and Jean-François Méjanès. François Boucher: Hier et aujourd'hui. Exh. cat. Musée du Louvre. Paris, 2003: 151, 153, under no. 76.

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