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FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (PARIS 1703-1770)

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€ 40 000
Auction dateClassic
15.06.2023 15:00UTC +02:00
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CHRISTIE'S
Event location
France, Paris
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ID 975006
Lot 43 | FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (PARIS 1703-1770)
FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (PARIS 1703-1770)

Un couple de bergers

huile sur toile

58,4 x 72,8 cm. (23 x 28 2/3 in.)





Provenance

Peut-être vente anonyme, Grande Salle de la maison de Bullion, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 9 frimaire an II (29 novembre 1793), lot 19 (comme 'François Boucher').

Vente anonyme, Moulins, 6 avril 2008, lot 208 (comme 'Ecole française du XVIII. Entourage de François Boucher').

Vente anonyme, Dorotheum, Vienne, 14 octobre 2008, lot 39 (comme 'Jean Baptiste Huet').

Collection particulière européenne.



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FRANÇOIS BOUCHER, A SHEPHERD AND SHEPHERDESS, OIL ON CANVAS

Likely dating from the 1730s, this painting was executed quite early on in the career of François Boucher (1703-1770). After returning from Rome in 1731, the artist became a highly sought-after painter in Paris, especially for his pastoral scenes. This taste for an idealised version of bucolic life was to permeate the entire century, and Boucher's numerous shepherdesses in aristocratic dress were to adorn the walls of palaces throughout Europe. Another version of the present painting, now in St. Petersburg (Hermitage Museum, inv. no. ГЭ-1275), was originally in the collection of Catherine the Great (1729-1796).

We would like to thank Alastair Laing for confirming the attribution to François Boucher based on an examination of a photographic reproduction of the work.
Artist:François Boucher (1703 - 1779)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Old Masters
Genre:Genre art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Painting
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