Sancho Fleeing from the Servants of the Duke

1735/1736

François Boucher

Associated Names
François Boucher

Artist, French, 1703 - 1770

The image shows figures in dynamic poses in a classical architectural setting. Individuals are interacting with each other in a grand environment with columns and draped fabrics. In the foreground, dishes and objects are scattered. Tall columns and elaborate detailing add to the grandiosity of the scene, while shading and line work provide depth and texture, capturing the expressions and movement of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk and gray wash heightened with white gouache on light brown laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Arthur L. Liebman

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.3 x 33.9 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.87.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ananoff 1976, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

according to Masson, probably Huquier (sale, 1771, among the "desseins encadrées"); Paignon-Dijonval, 1810; J. Masson (sale, Paris, 7-8 May 1923, no. 26); (Rosenberg & Stiebl, New York); Arthur Liebman [d. 1991], Lake Forest, IL; bequest 1992, to NGA

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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, 120-121, 282, no. 51 (color).

Bibliography

1810

  • Bénard, Monsieur. Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval, état détaillé et raisonné des dessins et estampes dont il est composé. Paris, 1810: 144, no. 3396.

1880

  • Mantz, Paul. Boucher, Le Moyne, Natoire. Paris, 1880: 86.

1906

  • Michel, André, Louis Soullié, and Charles Masson. François Boucher. Catalogue raisonné de L'Oeuver peint et dessiné. Paris [1906]: no. 2618.

1978

  • Jean-Richard, Pierrette. L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris, 1978: 81, under no. 207.

Inscriptions

lower left in dark brown ink: F. Boucher; in pen and light brown ink at lower left, partially concealed by the white heightening: Boucher; on the verso, in pen and brown ink at lower left: F. Boucher/[illeg.] L'empereur; numbered in graphite at center: 3396; and at upper left in another hand, 325

Wikidata ID

Q64569751

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