Tendresse maternelle (Jeune Femme Assise sur un tonneau avec un petit garçon et un chien) (Maternal Tenderness)

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Artist François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)French, 1703–1770

CultureFrench

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Tendresse maternelle (Jeune Femme Assise sur un tonneau avec un petit garçon et un chien) (Maternal Tenderness)

Datec. 1765

MediumBlack chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper

DimensionsSheet (irregular): 14 9/16 × 9 3/16 in. (37 × 23.3 cm)
Mount (irregular): 18 7/16 × 13 3/8 in. (46.8 × 34 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Art + Paper 2016 and the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment

Object number2016.139

Non exposé

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist; given to Anne-Edmee Marchal Sainscy, subsequently Marquise de Mesgrigny (married in 1770, died in 1826); by descent to Comte du Park, château de Villebertin, Troyes; [probably sold at his sale, Mes Pierre & Philippe Jonquet, in situ at Villebertin Castle,Troyes, September 24-26, 1982, but not catalogued]; private collection, Paris, by July 2015; [Galerie Alexis Bordes, Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Published References Apollo (March 2016), p. 100 illustrated. Laing, Alistair, “François Boucher, Tendress Maternelle,” Regards sur Le Dessin du XVIe au Début du XXe Siècle (A Leisurely stroll trhough 16th to Early 20th century drawings), exh. cat. (Paris: Galerie Alexis Bordes, 2016), pp. 56-59, Cat. 12, illus. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed on mount in pen and brown ink, lower right: dessiné par Boucher chez Me la Mise de / Mesgrigny
Verso of mount: [none]

Signed and dated: F. Boucher 176 [...]

Recto of mount: Dry-stamp, lower right: G [Jean-Baptiste Glomy (1711-1786), Merchant haberdasher and Parisian expert (Lugt 1119)]
Verso of backboard: Printed label: François BOUCHER / (Paris, 1703-1770) // Tendresse maternelle / (jeune femme assis sur un tonneau avec un petit garçon et un chien) // Circa 1765 / Pierre noire, estompe, rehauts de craie blanche sur papier initialement bleu / Annoté sur le montage (Glomy) en bas à droite à l'encre brune : / dessiné par Boucher chez Me la Mise de /Mesgringny / 36.5 x 23.3 cm / Galerie Alexis Bordes
Watermark: [none known]

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