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Drawing, The Youthful Vendor

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to François Boucher and Etienne-Maurice Falconet. It is dated 1757 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black chalk, white chalk on greenish-blue-gray paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Overall: 23.5 x 18.7cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/8in.)

It has the following markings

On verso, lower right, circular collector's mark in violet: ESTATE OF ROBERT W. WEIR No. 1943 (Lugt 2559). Note the numeral is written in graphite.

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Youthful Vendor; Attributed to François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716 – 1791); France; black chalk, white chalk on greenish-blue-gray paper; Overall: 23.5 x 18.7cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/8in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-243

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