ID 1360989
Lot 71 | FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (PARIS 1703-1770)
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
Grieving women with children, study for a Massacre of the Innocents
black chalk and brown wash, ink framing lines
5 ¾ x 8 ½ in. (14.8 x 21.5 cm)
Provenance
Jean-Baptiste-François Nourri (1697-1784), Paris (his mount); Folliot Regnault-Delalande C. P., Paris, 24 February 1785, lot 1065.
Henri Bonaventure Monnier (1799-1877), Paris; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3 May 1899, lot 30.
Private collection, Cambridge, Mass.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 July 1990, lot 110.
with James Faber, London.
Literature
H. Macfall, Boucher. The man, his times, his art, and his significance, 1703-1770, London, 1908, p. 166.
A. Michel, François Boucher (catalogue by L. Souillé and C. Masson), Paris, 1906, p. 47, no. 882.
A. Ananoff, L’œuvre dessiné de François Boucher (1703-1770), Paris, 1966, p. 184, no. 696.
| Artist: | François Boucher (1703 - 1779) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Painted |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | François Boucher (1703 - 1779) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Painted |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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