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Drawing of 'a Triton'

François Boucher, 1753

A study for a figure in 'The Rising of the Sun' already in the Wallace Collection. Designed for Gobelin tapestries. One of 8 gifts to the Ashmolean, Fitzwilliam and Wallace Collection by F A Drey through the Art Fund between 1938 and 1943.

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Title of artwork, date

Drawing of 'a Triton', 1753

Date supported

1941

Medium and material

Black chalk

Dimensions

21 x 27 cm

Grant

50

Total cost

50

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