Two Lovers Seated at the Foot of a Large Tree, Surprised by Two Girls

Not on View

Medium

crayon manner printed in red-brown

Dimensions

sheet: 45.8 x 31 cm (18 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Regina Slatkin

Catalogue Raisonné

Leymarie 1896, no. 62

Accession Number

1984.91.3

Artists / Makers

Gilles Demarteau the Elder (artist) French, 1722 - 1776

François Boucher (artist after) French, 1703 - 1770

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate of image: Boucher in.del.; lower right in plate below image: Demarteau l'Aine Sculp.; across bottom in plate dedication, coat of arms, address of Demarteau

Provenance

Mrs. Charles E. Slatkin [1909-1999]; gift 1984 to NGA.

Associated Names

Slatkin, Charles E., Mrs.

Bibliography

1896: Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 62.

1978: Jean-Richard 1978, 633 ("Les amants surpris").