Live Auction 2282Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, & Watercolors
François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770) and Studio
Lot 219 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770) and Studio

Putti blowing bubbles

Closed27 January 2010

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François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770) and Studio
Putti blowing bubbles
signed 'F. Boucher' (lower right)
oil on canvas with the corners made up
29½ x 53 in. (74.9 x 134.6 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 1 February 2005, lot 82 ($31,200).

Specialist note

We are grateful to Mr. Alastair Laing for confirming the attribution to François Boucher and workshop from a transparency (private communication, 20 October 2004). He dates the composition to the mid- 1730s, when the artist and his studio produced a number of pictures of this subject for decorative purposes.