Atreus Showing his Brother Thyestes the Heads of His Children
DrawingsFrench18th century

Atreus Showing his Brother Thyestes the Heads of His Children

c. 1720-1724

Artists

François BoucherArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Red, brown, and pink chalk, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
Culture
French
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

35.8 x 24.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt, lower left); sale, London, Christie's, 29 November 29 1983, lot 102 (as attributed to Michel François Dandré-Bardon), sold; to Jean Montague Massengale; her sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 2007, lot 123; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010, inv. no. 2010.625

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