François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770) Venus discovering the dead Adonis oil on canvas 32 x 25 ½ in. (81 x 63 cm.) Provenance (Probably) Madame de Brevedent, Rouen, 1767 (together with its pendant). Anonymous sale; Chariot, Paris, 20 March 1773, lot 22 (together with its pendant as the preceding lot). [Verrier]; Paillet, Paris, 18 November 1776, lot 98 (1,117 livres to Rousseau, together with its pendant as the preceding lot). Anonymous sale; Lebrun, Paris, 14 April 1784, lot 74 (880 livres, together with its pendant). [Cabinet d'un Artiste]; Lebrun and Boileau, Paris, 22 January 1787, lot 126 (336 livres). Laveissiere collection (according to an inscription on the reverse). Countess Niel, until 1945 (with its pendant, according to the 1980 sale catalogue). Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 26 May 1980, lot 553. Ilhamy Hussein Pacha (1908-1992), Villa Baia dei Fiori, St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat; his sale (†), Ader Tajan, Monte Carlo, 14 March 1993, lot 121. Ven House, near Sherborne, Somerset; Christie’s, London, 21-22 June 1999, lot 650, where acquired by the present owner.
François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770) Venus discovering the dead Adonis oil on canvas 32 x 25 ½ in. (81 x 63 cm.) Provenance (Probably) Madame de Brevedent, Rouen, 1767 (together with its pendant). Anonymous sale; Chariot, Paris, 20 March 1773, lot 22 (together with its pendant as the preceding lot). [Verrier]; Paillet, Paris, 18 November 1776, lot 98 (1,117 livres to Rousseau, together with its pendant as the preceding lot). Anonymous sale; Lebrun, Paris, 14 April 1784, lot 74 (880 livres, together with its pendant). [Cabinet d'un Artiste]; Lebrun and Boileau, Paris, 22 January 1787, lot 126 (336 livres). Laveissiere collection (according to an inscription on the reverse). Countess Niel, until 1945 (with its pendant, according to the 1980 sale catalogue). Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 26 May 1980, lot 553. Ilhamy Hussein Pacha (1908-1992), Villa Baia dei Fiori, St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat; his sale (†), Ader Tajan, Monte Carlo, 14 March 1993, lot 121. Ven House, near Sherborne, Somerset; Christie’s, London, 21-22 June 1999, lot 650, where acquired by the present owner.
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