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Drawing, Shepherdess Piping to a Shepherd

This is a Drawing. It was designed by François Boucher and after François Boucher. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is red and black chalks on brownish paper, water-marked with a winged lion-like beast.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 18 x 23.4 cm (7 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Shepherdess Piping to a Shepherd; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); France; red and black chalks on brownish paper, water-marked with a winged lion-like beast.; Sheet: 18 x 23.4 cm (7 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-250

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