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Danae Receiving the Golden Shower
François Boucher1757
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Danae Receiving the Golden Shower
- Creator: François Boucher
- Date Created: 1757
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 31.5 x 48 cm (12 3/8 x 18 7/8 in.) support: 39.1 x 55 cm (15 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: Jean Claude Francois Perrin, marquis de Cypierre [1727- 1789]; (sale, Paris, 10 March 1845, no. 174);[1] Etienne Arago [1802- 1892] (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 8-9 February 1872, no. 112). Ludwig Neumann, London. Richard Owen, Paris; Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art [1] Possibly the drawing was owned by Monsieur de Montulle and was on sale in Paris, 22-30 December 1783 as cited in _François Boucher in North American collections: 100 drawings_, Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, 1973. However, in the sale catalogue of that date the drawing could not be found.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: red, white, and black chalk with gouache
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