Crêpes

François Boucher1761/1763

Details

Title: Crêpes
Creator: François Boucher
Date Created: 1761/1763
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 34.8 x 23.3 cm (13 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.) support: 42.4 x 31.1 cm (16 11/16 x 12 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Paul Randon de Boisset (1706-1776)(sale, Paris, 27 February 1777, no. 342); to chevalier Lambert (sale, 27 March 1787, no. 232); to J.-B.-P. Le Brun (sale, 11 April 1791, no. 303); to Walton. Possibly Eugène Tondu (sale, 24-25 March 1865, no. 59); possibly Henri Duval (sale, Paris, 6 May 1868, no. 9); to Monseaux. Marquesses of Lansdowne, London and Bowood (not in the sale of the 6th Marquess, Sotheby's, London, 25 March 1920). Wildenstein & Co., New York; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Palm Beach, Florida; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Weingrow (sale, Christie's, London, 11 April 1978, no. 160); to Robert H. and Clarice Smith, Washington, DC; gift to NGA in 1980.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of graphite on laid paper

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