DrawingsFrench18th century

Two Boys Asleep

18th century

Artists

François BoucherArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink and black chalk

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14 x 17.6 cm (5 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Tucker of Exeter. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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