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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Two Water Nymphs

François Boucher
1703-1770

Two Water Nymphs

10 3/4 x 16 inches (273 x 406 mm)
Black and white chalk on brown paper.
III, 103

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

Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower left, "Boucher".
Associated names
Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Peart, E. (Edward), 1756?-1824, former owner.
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, III, no. 103, repr.
New York World's Fair : Illustrated Catalogue of an Exhibition Held on the Occasion of The New York World's Fair. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1939, p. 29, no. 105.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department