Sale 1285
New York
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17 October 2003
Price realised
USD 2,390
Estimate
After François Boucher The Rape of Europa oil on canvas 32 x 41½ in. (81.5 x 105.5 cm.)
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The composition derives, in reverse, from Boucher's eponymous painting in the Wallace Collection, London.
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