Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002213Domestic Scene: Mother with Two Small Children before a Mantelpiece
Provenance
Jean Masson (died 1933), Paris [Lugt Suppl. 1494a; Giolkowski 1923]; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 7-8, 1923, lot 25, as "La Bonne Mere." Sold, Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, June 13-15, 1960, lot 43. Sold by the Charles Slatkin Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute, 1960.
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Helen Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1974, pp. 74-75, cat. 36 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim.
Publications
H. S. Giolkowski, "Old Master Drawings from the Jean Masson Collection," International Studio, LXXVII (September 1923), p. 480 (ill.). Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the 18th Century (Chicago, 1977), no. 1B1.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- François Boucher / French, 1703-1770
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Black crayon, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
- Dimensions
- 22.3 × 18.4 cm (8 13/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- drawings (visual works)
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Helen Regenstein Collection
- Accession no.
- 1960.824
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