Mars and Venus

François Boucher (1703 - 1770)

Fitzwilliam Museum

1749

A sketch for one of the tapestries illustrating Les Amours des Dieux. Woven by the Beauvais factory to Boucher's designs in 1749.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 58 x 66 cm
• Grant Paid: £7,500 ( Total: £30,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1980
• Vendor: Colnaghi

Provenance

Auguiot sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1875; Duc de Bojano posthumous sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1882.

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