Cleveland Museum of Art

Venus and Cupid

François Boucher

Date

second or third quarter 18th century

Medium

Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink

Culture

France, 18th century

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Although this sketch is similar to drawings by Boucher, a talented pupil or another artist striving to emulate Boucher probably made it.

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