Aurora and Cephalus

François Boucher

mid-18th century · Red chalk over traces of black chalk · Drawings and Prints

This drawing was made after François Boucher’s painting in the Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, presumably by a printmaker planning to engrave it. Alastair Laing has pointed out the counterproof of this drawing, offered for sale at Hôtel des Ventes Giraudeau,Tours, February 13, 2021 (lot 6).

Artist

François Boucher

Date

mid-18th century

Medium

Red chalk over traces of black chalk

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Sargent and Mrs. Arthur L. Devens, in memory of their mother, Mrs. James W. Markoe, 1962