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Lady in Costume, Seated Upon a Divan

After François Boucher
1703-1770

Lady in Costume, Seated Upon a Divan

10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches (270 x 346 mm)
Red, white and black chalks on pink paper.
I, 282

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
This drawing is a copy after what is believed to be an original by Boucher, which is also in the collection of the Library (Acc. No. 1956.32).
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 282, repr.
Alexandre Ananoff, with the collaboration of Daniel Wildenstein, François Boucher, 2 vols., Lausanne and Paris, 1976, I, p. 29.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department