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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Children Playing: The Bath

1700s
manufacturer

workshop of Charron

(French)

after a design by François Boucher

(French, 1703–1770)
France, Beauvais, 18th century
tapestry weave: silk and wool
Overall: 101 x 114.3 cm (39 3/4 x 45 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.819
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1942
    John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1942–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Mentioned: p. 60, cat. no. 122 archive.org
    Milliken, William M., Gertrude Underhill, and Jean Mailey. "Department of Decorative Arts." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 137–151. Mentioned: pp. 148–149 25141017
  • Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
  • {{cite web|title=Children Playing: The Bath|url=false|author=Charron, François Boucher|year=1700s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.819