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Cupid

Artist François Boucher (French, 1703 - 1770)
Date18th century
MediumDrawing in red and white chalk
DimensionsOverall: 15 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (40.01 × 26.04 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-193/17
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Exhibition History

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Provenance

Purchased from Albert Henry Stopford (1860-1939), Paris, by Richard Owen, Paris, by September 26, 1932-December 1, 1932 [1];

Purchased from Richard Owen, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.

NOTES:

[1] See letter from Harold Woodbury Parsons, art advisor to NAMA, to J. C. Nichols, NAMA Trustee, September 26, 1932.



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