Lot Essay
A similar plate is illustrated by Beurdeley, op.cit., p54, fig.29. The author also illustrates a print by Nicolas Ponce after a painting by Antoine Baudouin which was the source, and notes that the plate inspired Francois Boucher to paint a large picture now hanging in Kenwood. For other examples of this popular subject, which appears in very different quality and on a variety of forms, cf. Hervouet and Bruneau, op.cit., p.33,fig.6; and Scheurleer, op.cit., fig.214