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Venus and Cupid

François Bouchersecond or third quarter 18th century

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

<strong>Although this sketch is similar to drawings by Boucher, a talented pupil or another artist striving to emulate Boucher probably made it.</strong>

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Details

  • Title: Venus and Cupid
  • Creator: François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
  • Date Created: second or third quarter 18th century
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 20.8 x 32.6 cm (8 3/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
  • Provenance: on an old mount now removed an apparently lost: FR (not in Lugt) [according to note on departmental catalogue sheet]
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.538
  • Medium: Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink
  • Department: Drawings
  • Culture: France, 18th century
  • Credit Line: Gift of Richard Owen
  • Collection: DR - French
  • Accession Number: 1942.538

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