Pierre Jean Mariette (French)Mariette sale, Paris, November 15, 1775 - January 30, 1776, lot 1117, sold to Lempereur for 160 livres; Jean Denis Lempereur (French)Lempereur sale, Paris, December 27 - 31, 1796, lot 117.; Paul Gavarni [Chevalier] (French)After May 17, 1867, given to the Goncourts by Pierre Gavarni, the son of the engraver. "Acheté 2 sous par Gavarni dans sa jeunesse, étalé ou? sur le boulevard du Temple, dans la boue!" (Launay, "Les Frères Goncourt," 231); Edmond de Goncourt (French)Goncourt sale on February 15, 1897, lot 18, 90 Francs.; G. Cotteret; Paul Suzor; Galerie de Bayser, Paris
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "French Drawings Recently Acquired, 1975-1984," November 27, 1984–February 10, 1985.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "15th–18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 18, 1986–January 4, 1987.
Paris. Musée du Louvre. "Edme Bouchardon, de sanguine et de marbre," September 12, 2016–December 5, 2016.
Los Angeles. J. Paul Getty Museum. "Edme Bouchardon, de sanguine et de marbre," January 10, 2017–April 4, 2017.
Bean and Turcic 1986.14
Galerie de Bayser, Paris Exposition de dessins et sculptures de maitres anciens, Galerie de Bayser. Paris, 1980, cat. no. 4, ill.
Jacob Bean, Helen Bobritzky Mules Notable Acquisitions, 1980-1981: Drawings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1981, p. 49, ill.
"Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1980-1981." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1981, p. 49, ill.
Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 15th-18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, cat. no. 14, pp. 28-29, ill.
Le rouge dans le dessin du XVIe au XXe siècle.. Galerie de Bayser, Paris, Paris, 1986, cat. no. 18, ill.
Lawrence Turčić "New York and Edinburgh: French Drawings from Stockholm." Burlington Magazine. vol. 129, London, August 1987, fig. no. 96, p. 561.
Elizabeth Launay Les frères Goncourt collectionneurs de dessins. Paris, 1991, cat. no. 22, fig. no. 79, pp. 231-232, ill.
Les dessins de la collection Mariette: Ecole française. vol. I: A - E, Milan, 2011, cat. no. F432, 140, ill.
Anne-Lise Desmas Edme Bouchardon une idee du beau. Paris, 2016, cat. no. 155, p. 267, ill.
Louis-Antoine Prat Le Dessin Français au XVIIIe siècle. Paris, 2017, fig. no. 434, 259, 269, ill.
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