Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
Property from a North American Private Collection
Circle of François Boucher
An allegory of painting
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January 30, 04:52 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Property from a North American Private Collection
Circle of François Boucher
An allegory of painting
oil on panel
panel: 10 1/4 by 13 3/4 in.; 26 by 34.8 cm.
framed: 16 1/4 by 20 in.; 41.3 by 50.8 cm.
With Dr. W. Katz, Bond St. (as attributed to Boucher);
With Agnew’s, London, 1987;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie’s, 19 April 1991, lot ? (in the printed catalogue as by Julien de Parme, with a sale room notice as by Noel Hallé);
There acquired by Marcello Violante;
New York, Sotheby's, January the ? 2006, lot ?, as ? ;
With Noortman, Amsterdam, 2010 (as by Boucher);
Anonymous sale, Zurich, Koller Auctions, 31 March 2011, lot 3110;
There acquired by the present collector.
The artist of this delightful sketch has continued to elude scholars, and it has been associated with a number of different artists in recent years. It is clear, however, that is inspired both in style and subject matter by François Boucher, and likely comes from an artist working closely in his ambit. Another version of the composition is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille1 and though it was formerly attributed to Noël Hallé, it is now catalogued as "attributed to Boucher."
1. See Catalogue Sommaire: II: Ecole française, Lille 2001, p. 45