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François Boucher (Paris 1703-1777)
Lot 60 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK COLLECTION

François Boucher (Paris 1703-1777)

A young shepherd playing a pipe for two young shepherdesses

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François Boucher (Paris 1703-1777)
A young shepherd playing a pipe for two young shepherdesses
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on pink prepared paper
9 1/8 x 6½ in. (23.1 x 16.5 cm.)

with Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York.

Specialist note

The pendant for this drawing, A shepherd lad piping to a young woman with two children while her husband sleeps (with Talabardon & Gautier, 2015) was copied in reverse by Jean-François Clermont (1717-1807) (Christie's, London, 11 March 1964, lot 209, as by Boucher).

We are grateful to Alastair Laing for confirming the attribution on the basis of a digital photograph.