Jacques Charlier (Champagne circa 1720-1790 Paris)
Jacques Charlier (Champagne circa 1720-1790 Paris)

Pan and Syrinx, after François Boucher

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Jacques Charlier (Champagne circa 1720-1790 Paris)
Pan and Syrinx, after François Boucher
traces of black and brown chalk, bodycolour on vellum laid down on card
12 7/8 x 16¼ in. (32.8 x 41.3 cm.)
Provenance
Joseph Bardac; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 9 December 1927, lot 5 (as attributed to Jacques Charlier).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Wildenstein, Maîtres du dessin français au 18ème siècle, 13 October-30 November 1977, no. 12.
Nishinomiya, Musée Ofani des Beaux Arts, Exposition Rococo: Poésie et rêve de la peinture française au XVIIIe siècle, 14 January-12 February 1978, no. 15.

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Lot Essay

A copy after François Boucher's celebrated picture in the National Gallery, London (inv. NG1090).

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