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François Boucher

Venus and Cupid

second or third quarter 18th century
Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Although this sketch is similar to drawings by Boucher, a talented pupil or another artist striving to emulate Boucher probably made it.

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