Lot Essay
Jacob Gillberg who engraved the drawing was a Swede who worked in Paris from 1758 to 1761. The crayon manner engraving is dedicated to Baron Ulric Scheffer, who presumably had the drawing in his collection
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
François Boucher (1703-1770)
Details
François Boucher (1703-1770)
A wooded Landscape with a Mill by Pond, a boy fishing
black chalk, watermark Strasburg lily
230 x 376mm.
A wooded Landscape with a Mill by Pond, a boy fishing
black chalk, watermark Strasburg lily
230 x 376mm.
Provenance
Probably Baron Ulric Scheffer
Marquis de Chennevières, Paris, 5-6 May 1898, lot 17 (FF. 1500)
M. Thévenin, Paris, 28 April 1906, lot 5 (FF. 350)
Marquis de Chennevières, Paris, 5-6 May 1898, lot 17 (FF. 1500)
M. Thévenin, Paris, 28 April 1906, lot 5 (FF. 350)
Literature
A. Ananoff, L'Oeuvre dessiné de Boucher, Paris, 1966, I, no. 595
Engraved
In the same direction by Jacob Gillberg (P. Jean-Richard, L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher, Paris, 1978, no. 1055)