Aurora and Cephalus

After François Boucher French

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This drawing was made after François Boucher’s painting in the Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, presumably by a printmaker planning to engrave it.

Alastair Laing has pointed out the counterproof of this drawing, offered for sale at Hôtel des Ventes Giraudeau,Tours, February 13, 2021 (lot 6).

Aurora and Cephalus, After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris), Red chalk over traces of black chalk

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Aurora and Cephalus, After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris), Red chalk over traces of black chalk
Aurora and Cephalus, After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris), Red chalk over traces of black chalk

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