A Young Shepherd Playing a Pipe for Two Young Shepherdesses, mid-18th century

Not on View

black chalk, pen and brown ink, and brown wash, on pink prepared paper, laid down on an old mount

sheet: 23.19 × 16.51 cm (9 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
mount: 27.5 × 21.3 cm (10 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

2022.14.2

François Boucher (artist) French, 1703 - 1770

by later hand, side verso of mount in graphite: 6 9/16 x 9 1/16

(Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York). (sale, Christie's New York, 26 January 2016, no. 60); David McDonnell, Arlington; gift to NGA, 2021.

McDonnell, David H.

1957: Francois Boucher: an Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1957, no. 5.

1959: French Master Drawings: a Loan Exhibition, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 1959, no. 41.