Lot Essay
This is after the famous oil painting by François Boucher, said to depict Madame de Pompadour as Venus.
Venus and Cupid; Venus, naked seated on a red-upholstered gilt-wood sofa, holding a blue bow and a dove in her right hand and a dove at her feet, two strand pearl bracelet, and winged Cupid dressing her powdered upswept hair with pearls; blue curtain, pillar and landscape background
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JACQUES CHARLIER (C. 1720-1790)
Venus and Cupid; Venus, naked seated on a red-upholstered gilt-wood sofa, holding a blue bow and a dove in her right hand and a dove at her feet, two strand pearl bracelet, and winged Cupid dressing her powdered upswept hair with pearls; blue curtain, pillar and landscape background
rectangular, 2 1/8 x 1 7/16 in. (54 x 36 mm.), gilt-metal mount with reeded border within maroon velvet panel
Venus and Cupid; Venus, naked seated on a red-upholstered gilt-wood sofa, holding a blue bow and a dove in her right hand and a dove at her feet, two strand pearl bracelet, and winged Cupid dressing her powdered upswept hair with pearls; blue curtain, pillar and landscape background
rectangular, 2 1/8 x 1 7/16 in. (54 x 36 mm.), gilt-metal mount with reeded border within maroon velvet panel
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