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Sets and pendants by J.-B.-M. Pierre and François Boucher in the collections of Madame de Pompadour and the Marquis de Marigny
07/2010 | 1288 | 152
Pages: 452-460
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Author:
Gordon, Alden R. (Gordon, Alden R.)
Subjects
artists:
Pierre, Jean Baptiste Marie / Boucher, François
museums and institutions:
Château de Menars, Menars, France
patrons:
Poisson, Jeanne Antoinette, Marquise de Pompadour, 1721-1764 / Poisson, Abel François, Marquis de Marigny, 1727-1781
print:
Pierre, Jean Baptiste Marie
print:
Boucher, François
subjects:
French painting / Patronage / Interiors / Doorways / Cupid / Psyche / Nymphs / Provenance / Identification / Commissions
subjects:
Pendants (companion pieces) / Interior design
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Psyche rescued by nymphs, by Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre. 1750. Canvas, 83.8 by 115.5 cm. (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
11. Venus disarming Cupid, by François Boucher. c.1751. Canvas, 130 by 93.5 cm. (Collection of Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
12. L’Amour désarmé, by Etienne Fessard, after François Boucher. 1761. Etching, with engraving, 40.2 by 26.6 cm. From A. Ananoff: Boucher, Lausanne and Paris 1976, II, p.76, no.375/1, fig.1097.
Attributed works:
13. Copy of Fig.11. (Photograph reproduced in T. Carr Howe, Jr.: Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art, New York 1946, facing p.161).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of dove’s wing on the tacking strip of Fig.11. (Photograph by the author).
Attributed works:
6. Nymphs adorning Cupid, by Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre. Mid-1750s. Canvas, 89.5 by 134 cm. (Château de Menars).
Attributed works:
7. Cupid and Psyche, by Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre. Mid-1750s. Canvas, 89 by 134 cm. (Château de Menars).
Attributed works:
8. Installation view of Fig.6 at the Château de Menars. (Photograph by the author).
Attributed works:
9. Installation view of Fig.7 at the Château de Menars. (Photograph by the author).