Details
FRANÇOIS BOUCHER* (1703-1770)
A Shepherdess, standing in a landscape holding a basket under her Arm
black chalk fragmentary watermark
7 3/8 x 5 3/8in. (189 x 136mm.)
A Shepherdess, standing in a landscape holding a basket under her Arm
black chalk fragmentary watermark
7 3/8 x 5 3/8in. (189 x 136mm.)
Provenance
An old (early 19th Century) ink inscription attached to the backboard states 'Ce dessin de Boucher a ete/grave./(Voir dans mes portefeuilles de grauvre.)'
Acquired from the Schaeffer Galleries
Acquired from the Schaeffer Galleries
Engraved
Gilles Demarteau, in reverse, crayon manner engraving, cf. P. Jean- Richard, L'Oeuvre grave de Francois Boucher, Paris, 1978, no. 767