François Boucher

Exhibitions

1991 The Loves of the Gods: Mythological Painting from Watteau to David, Nr. 47

Provenance

Exhibited at the concours de 1747 and purchased by the Crown on 29 September 1747
château de la Muette, Paris
intended for the newly founded Muséum in 1793
château de Saint-Cloud by 1824, where it remained until c. 1870-72 when it was removed to the Louvre
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Other works by François Boucher

Portrait of Louise O'Murphy
1752

The Muse Erato

Morning Coffee
1738

Madame de Pompadour
1756

The Toilette of Venus
1751