The Game of Chinese Checkers
Original Language TitleLe Jeu d'échecs Chinois
Attributed to
François Boucher
(French, 1703 - 1770)
Date18th century
MediumRed chalk on paper
DimensionsUnframed: 8 5/8 x 6 inches (21.91 x 15.24 cm)
Framed: 15 x 12 inches (38.1 x 30.48 cm)
Framed: 15 x 12 inches (38.1 x 30.48 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Jeanne McCray Beals in memory of David Thomas Beals II, Helen Ward Beals, and David Thomas Beals III
Object number2006.9.31
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DescriptionA woman in long robes with her hair in pigtails balances a game board on her lap, while a small boy to her left holds the other end of the game board. Behind them, on a stand, is a large vase with a figure seated cross-legged on the top. A palm tree is in the distance.Exhibition HistoryPossibly Cathay Invoked: Chinoiserie, A Celestial Empire in the West, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, June 10–July 31, 1966, no. 1, as Drawing: “Le Jeu d’échecs chinois”.
Jeanne McCray Beals (1933–2005), Fairway, KS,
by September 22, 2005;
Bequeathed by Jeanne McCray Beals, Fairway, KS,
to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2006.
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