DrawingsFrench18th century

Boy Holding an Egg

18th century

Artists

François BoucherArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red and white chalk on tan antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

irregular: 22.8 x 17.3 cm (9 x 6 13/16 in.)

Provenance

The Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, 1964, sold; to Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982, inv. no. 1982.127

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