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François Boucher

Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells

c. 1736
Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper

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While translating this drawing into etching, the printmaker Gabriel Huquier replaced Boucher's grotto setting with an architectural niche.

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