Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude

1. Probably acquired directly from the artist by Jean-Claude Gaspard de Sireul (c. 1710/20–1781), rue Lévêque, Paris (“Le portefeuille de Mr Boucher"); probably sold, Paris, December 3, 1781, no. 219; possibly Mr. Payant [a dealer who purchased several drawings from this sale]. Mme Verger, Dèves Chateau, near Avignon [inscription in pen and brown ink, verso of frame]. Private collection, Avignon, c. 1920–80; given to her nephew, Comte de Chambure, Aix-en-Provence, France, from c. 1985; sold Paris, Hôtel Drouot, October 10, 2000 (as French School, 18th century; no cat.) to Michel Gierzod, Nantes, France, to 2008.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Versailles, France, Musée Lambinet, "François Boucher dans les collections privées," October 12, 2004-January 9, 2005, pp. 106-107, cat. 48 (ill.), cat. by Françoise Joulie.
• Art Institute of Chicago, "Master Drawings Unveiled: 25 Years of Major Acquisitions," August 27, 2016–January 29, 2017, no cat.

• Carter Foster, French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin, exh. cat. (Cleveland, 2001), p. 26, fig. 1.
• Alexandre Ananoff, L'oeuvre dessiné de François Boucher (1703-1770), vol. I (Paris: F. de Nobele, Librairie, 1966), fig. 98, 528 (ill.).

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)

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Boy with a Carrot

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Study of a Triton

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The Fisherboy

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Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [right fragment] from the Story of Psyche

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Bathing Nymph

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Study of Valet with Coffee Pot

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Cupid and Psyche: Design for a Ceiling

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