Young Woman with Two Amorini

François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

about 1768

Medium/TechniqueReddish brown chalk heightened with white on tan paper

DimensionsSheet: 22.1 x 29.2 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Framed: 38.7 x 47.6 cm (15 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.2538

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InscriptionsInscribed on verso of 18c mount, Given me by Boucher/ J. ReynoldsProvenanceProbably 1768, given by the artist to Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364), London; May 26, 1794 and following days, his first posthumous sale, London, Poggi, in lot 904, 905, or 906. By 1928, Bernard Houthakker (b. 1884 - d. 1963), Amsterdam. Koch collection, Holland. 1948, Schaeffer Gallery, New York; 1948, sold by Schaeffer Gallery to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York, Paris, Rhode Island; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)