About the Artwork
Madonna and Child Adored by Angels
between 1703 and 1770
François Boucher
1703-1770
French
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 8 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (21.9 × 25.1 cm) Sheet: 6 × 7 1/8 inches (15.2 × 18.1 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S178
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Stamp, verso: Scripps 1883 [added in ink] (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)
Watermark, upper center edge: bunch of grapes [partial]
Provenance
by 1883, (H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, New York, USA)
1883-1909, Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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François Boucher, Madonna and Child Adored by Angels, between 1703 and 1770, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S178.
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