Harvard Art Museums > 1898.51: Ceiling Study Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ceiling Study (François Boucher) , 1898.51,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/298316. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1898.51 People François Boucher, French (Paris 1703 - 1770 Paris) Title Ceiling Study Other Titles Former Title: A Sketch for a Ceiling Decoration Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1728-1730 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/298316 Physical Descriptions Medium Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue laid paper strips adhered to face Dimensions 26.5 x 34.8 cm (10 7/16 x 13 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: lower left, black ink: f. Boucher watermark: none visible: drawing is laid down (not assigned): lower left: f. Boucher inscription: mount, upper right, black ink: 43 inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: no. 325 / 1898.51 inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: Fr Boucher Von Quandt inscription: mount, across bottom, graphite: Could be one of the family's drawing [illegible] touches by Boucher himself ([illegible)] / and [illegible] signature M.F. inscription: mount, lower left, graphite: JFM / thinks / OK - ALC 5/2001 / his copy of Ital. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Von Quandt; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda Lull Randall, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1898, inv. no. 1898.51 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Accession Year 1898 Object Number 1898.51 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Various draped female figures supported by clouds; they surround a seated, bearded man who rests his left arm on a book and his chin upon his right hand. Publication History Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. I, cat. no. 325, p. 164 (as 18th-century Italian) Alastair Laing, The Drawings of François Boucher, exh. cat., American Federation of Arts and Scala Publishers Ltd. (New York, 2003), pp. 25-26, repr. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
