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Four Amorini in a Cloud
Four Amorini in a Cloud

Four Amorini in a Cloud

François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
1760
Medium/TechniqueBlack and white chalk on faded blue paper
DimensionsFramed: 53.3 x 48.3 x 5.1 cm (21 x 19 x 2 in.)
Overall: 32 x 26.9cm (12 5/8 x 10 9/16in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2546
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsL/l/ in pen and brown ink: F. Boucher inv. del 1760ProvenanceDescamps; M. Palyart; Dr. Barthe; [ Mrs. Netscher, Chicago]; Mrs. Joseph Bushkin, 1953; Wildenstein & Co., New York; December 8, 1960, sold by Wildenstein & 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)
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