Live Auction 10712Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
Attributed to François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770)
Lot 51 THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE ANTHONY HOBSON

Attributed to François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770)

Head of a man wearing a turban

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Attributed to François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770)
Head of a man wearing a turban
with inscription 'Boucher. f.' and number '33' (recto); with numbers '33' and '215' (verso)
red chalk, proprietary watermark with Strasburg lily
8 5/8 x 6 ½ in. (22 x 16.5 cm.)

C. Hammer (L. 1237); Lempertz, Cologne, 30 June 1897, lot 3065 ('Fr. Boucher [...] Brustbild eines Türkes').
Edward Habich; H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 27 April 1899, lot 122 ('François Boucher [...] Brustbild eines Türken [...] Rotstift. Vorzühlich').
W. Bateson (L. 2604a); Sotheby's, London, 23-24 April 1929, lot 133 ('François Boucher: Head of an Oriental with turban and moustaches').
C.R. Rudolf (L. 2811b); Sotheby's, London, 2 November 1949, lot 2 (as François Boucher; £32 to Vaughan).

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We are grateful to Alastair Laing for his assistance in cataloguing this drawing.