A young woman reclining, seen from behind

细节

Manner of François Boucher
A young woman reclining, seen from behind
with signature and date 'f Boucher 1748' and inscription 'etude 4'
black and white chalk and touches of blue on blue paper
273 x 403 mm.

来源

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 December 1976, lot 92 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-51).

出版

A. Ananoff, Les Peintures de Boucher, II, Paris, 1976, no. 324/2, fig. 937.

注意事项

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拍品专文

The figure appears in the right foreground of La Pipée aux Oiseaux in the Getty Museum. Other drawings derived from this and its companion picture La Fontaine d'Amour, both large-scale tapestry designs, likewise with seemingly false Chennevières collector's marks, were recorded in the 1970s.