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Adoration of the Shepherds

French School
18th century

Adoration of the Shepherds

3 7/8 x 5 inches (98 x 128 mm)
Black chalk with brown wash paper.
2009.55

The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.

Notes
This drawing entered the Morgan Library & Museum with an attribution to eighteenth-century French artist François Boucher. Such an attribution is understandable, as the composition loosely resembles Boucher's The Light of the World in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon (inv. no. 1955-106). Neither the loose lines of black chalk, nor the uneven application of brown wash resembles Boucher's treatment of the subject (Alexandre Ananoff, L'Oeuvre Dessiné de François Boucher (1703-1770): catalogue raisonné. (Paris: F. de Nobele, 1966). nos. 627-636, pp. 169-172).
Formerly attributed to François Boucher, Paris 1703-1770 Paris.
Associated names
Boucher, François, 1703-1770, Formerly attributed to.
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
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Department