Nymphs and river gods (Pirene mourning her son)
François Boucher
(French, 1703–1770)
undated
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink and brown wash over graphite
DimensionsFramed: 34.9 x 39.4 x 5.1 cm (13 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 2 in.)
Overall: 13.3 x 19.4cm (5 1/4 x 7 5/8in.)
Overall: 13.3 x 19.4cm (5 1/4 x 7 5/8in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2545
On View
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Collections
Provenance[Falconet]; possibly Paris, Hôtel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 10 December 1886, lot 41; [H. Dreux]; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 3-4 February 1870, lot 11; [Loilelet]; Georges de Batz and Co., New York; March 17, 1952, sold by Georges de Batz and Co. 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)
Unidentified artist, Spanish, 17th century
Jacques-François Swebach