Cupids

Gilles Antoine Demarteau (French, 1756–1802)

François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

undated

Medium/TechniqueCrayon manner

DimensionsSheet: 14.7 × 17.2 cm (5 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession numberK178

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InscriptionsLower left, in plate: F. Boucher inv. del. Lower right, in plate: Demarteau sculpt. Lower center, in plate: Du Porte Feuille de M. Nera Lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Demarteau Graveur et Pensionnaire du Roi, rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche / No. 505. Verso, at center, in black ink: S. R. Koehler Verso, lower center: No. 249ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA.

NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.