Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845)

Point de Convention

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Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845)
Point de Convention
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash heightened with white
284 x 322 mm.

Engraved

In reverse by Salvadore Tresca for Les Folies du Jour, 1796-8.

Lot Essay

The print was registered at the Bibliothèque Nationale on 20 Ventôse an V (10 March 1797). The painting omits the woman between the two main protagonists.
The title of the print is No Agreement: a woman refuses the man's offer, while a boy blackens his boots.

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