ID 991565
Lot 66 | FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (PARIS 1703-1770)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
Portrait of a young woman, bust-length, traditionally identified as Justine Favart
graphite, black, red, white and blue chalk on light brown paper, unidentified watermark
17.5 x 14 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Unidentified mounter’s mark (L. 3536).
Georges Pannier (1853-1944), Paris.
with Nicolaas Beets (1878-1963), Amsterdam (according to an inscription on the verso of the frame).
Lydia Pavlovna Koudoyaroff (1904-1980), Paris.
Private collection, Paris ('Mme X', according to Connaissance des Arts, 1963).
Literature
P. de Nolhac and G. Pannier, François Boucher, premier peintre du roi 1703-1770. Catalogue des œuvres peintes de François Boucher, Paris, 1907, pp. 170-171, ill. (as Madame Favart).
'Des chefs-d'œuvre pour décor quotidien', Connaissance des Arts, 31 January 1963, p. 53, no. 5, ill. (as Madame Favart).
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online edition [accessed May 2023], no. J.173.188, ill.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | François Boucher (1703 - 1779) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Painted, Pastel |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings |
| Artist: | François Boucher (1703 - 1779) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Painted, Pastel |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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