DrawingsFrench18th century

Ceiling Study

18th century

Artists

François BoucherArtist

Description

The woman at the right is seated on the ground, holding her drapery about her, her right breast bare; slightly behind her at the left stands another female figure, turned left; carrying a spray of flowers in her left hand.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

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

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.3 x 26.2 cm (7 5/8 x 10 5/16 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. 1898.50

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