The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Venus and Cupid
second or third quarter 18th century
(French, 1703–1770)
Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink
Sheet: 20.8 x 32.6 cm (8 3/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Gift of Richard Owen 1942.538
Location: not on view
Description
Although this sketch is similar to drawings by Boucher, a talented pupil or another artist striving to emulate Boucher probably made it.- on an old mount now removed an apparently lost: FR (not in Lugt) [according to note on departmental catalogue sheet]
- Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).Italian and French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 1959-February 2, 1960).CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director's Corridor in Old Building" (closed Mar. 13, 1957).CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" ("rearranged Jan. 21, 1953").CMA, "hung Director's Corridor" (May 10, 1950).CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Gallery II) (Dec. 15, 1944-July 14, 1949).CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Director's Corridor) (July 27-Dec. 8, 1944).CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Superintendent's Corridor) (June 29, 1943-July 27, 1944).CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 17-Oct. 4, 1942).CMA, "Director's Corridor" (from June 30, 1950 (all drawings taken down from walls June 27-30, 1950, for cleaning)).
- {{cite web|title=Venus and Cupid|url=false|author=François Boucher|year=second or third quarter 18th century|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.538