Venus and Cupid

François Boucher · second or third quarter 18th century · Cleveland Museum of Art

Guide

The museum has published too little about this work for a guide to be written.

Although this sketch is similar to drawings by Boucher, a talented pupil or another artist striving to emulate Boucher probably made it.

The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0

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Maker: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Date: second or third quarter 18th century
Medium: Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 20.8 x 32.6 cm (8 3/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Place of origin: France
Held by: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Richard Owen

Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0

François Boucher · second or third quarter 18th century · Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum has published too little about this work for a guide to be written.

Although this sketch is similar to drawings by Boucher, a talented pupil or another artist striving to emulate Boucher probably made it.

The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0

Save this work’s image and museum information on this device to read without a connection.

Maker: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Date: second or third quarter 18th century
Medium: Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 20.8 x 32.6 cm (8 3/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Place of origin: France
Held by: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Richard Owen

Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0