Venus

François Boucherc. 1754

Details

Title: Venus
Creator: François Boucher
Date Created: c. 1754
Physical Dimensions: overall: 22.5 x 40 cm (8 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Provenance: Peter Jones, Chester; Mr. Greene; Basil Lewis Dighton [d. 1930], London; The Hon. Irwin Boyle Laughlin, Washington, D.C., 1918; his wife, Therese Iselin Laughlin, Washington, D.C., 1941; their daughter, Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, New York, 1958; gift to NGA, 2000.
Medium: black chalk with touches of red chalk, heightened with white chalk on gray paper

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