After Francois Boucher
(Paris 1703-1770)
Naiads and Triton, red chalk on laid paper, 31,5 x 49,7 cm, mounted, framed, (Sch)
After a drawing by Francois Boucher, 1753, (red, white and black chalk, 29,3 x 47 cm) in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (Inv. RF 29327). It represents a detail study of the right group of figures in the foreground of the painting „Sunrise“ which is kept together with its companion piece „Sunset“ in the Wallace Collection, London. Both paintings were exhibited in the Salon of 1753 and were acquired by Madame de Pompadour for Bellevue castle where they served as models for gobelin tapestries. Boucher’s drawing was also reproduced in crayon manner by Gilles Demarteau (1722-1776).
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
27.03.2018 - 17:00
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After Francois Boucher
(Paris 1703-1770)
Naiads and Triton, red chalk on laid paper, 31,5 x 49,7 cm, mounted, framed, (Sch)
After a drawing by Francois Boucher, 1753, (red, white and black chalk, 29,3 x 47 cm) in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (Inv. RF 29327). It represents a detail study of the right group of figures in the foreground of the painting „Sunrise“ which is kept together with its companion piece „Sunset“ in the Wallace Collection, London. Both paintings were exhibited in the Salon of 1753 and were acquired by Madame de Pompadour for Bellevue castle where they served as models for gobelin tapestries. Boucher’s drawing was also reproduced in crayon manner by Gilles Demarteau (1722-1776).
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.03.2018 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 17.03. - 27.03.2018 |