DrawingsFrench18th century

Ceiling Study

c. 1728-1730

Artists

François BoucherArtist

Description

Various draped female figures supported by clouds; they surround a seated, bearded man who rests his left arm on a book and his chin upon his right hand.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue laid paper strips adhered to face

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.5 x 34.8 cm (10 7/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Von Quandt; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda Lull Randall, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1898, inv. no. 1898.51

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