Download image:
François Boucher
1703-1770
Winged Cherub Seen from the Back with Upraised, Clasped Hands
Colored chalks, mostly black and red, with white chalk, with some light and dark blue, on pale blue-gray paper, altered to brown.
12 3/4 x 10 inches (324 x 254 mm)
Gift of Stephen Spector.
1980.14
Notes:
This drawing is a study for "Venus Disarming Cupid", a painting that Boucher executed for Madame de Pompadour in 1751, now in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Resnick.
Inscription:
Watermark: Countermark: Letter "K".
Provenance:
Galerie Cailleux, Paris, 1962; London, Christie's, 25 June 1968, no. 93, repr.; Stephen Spector, New York.
Watermark:
Download watermark:
Associated names:
Spector, Stephen, 1946- former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 179.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
School:
Century:
Classification:
Department: