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François Boucher - TWO PUTTI WITH MIRROR AND SWAN

Auction 1002 - overview Cologne
17.11.2012, 00:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century (1000th Century)
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.952 € (incl. premium)

François Boucher

TWO PUTTI WITH MIRROR AND SWAN

Black chalk, heightened with white on tinted paper. 28 x 18.2 cm.
Old inscription by a collector lower right: Boucher.

Somewhat browned, several folds.
The sheet is part of a group of preliminary sketches for works Boucher had painted as supra-portes for the Hotel Mazarin that was torn down in the 19th century. The general theme of this cycle was Amor's education. An additional four drawings on this subject are in the National Museum in Stockholm (Ananoff, 773, 794, 866, 875).

Certificate

Hans Ost, 5.3.1982 (copy).

Provenance

Private collection, Austria.