The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Felix Rohatyn
The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Felix Rohatyn
Auction Closed
October 14, 09:49 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
JEAN-BAPTISTE HUET
Paris 1745 - 1811
SHEPHERDESS WITH GOATS
Black, red and white chalk, with touches of blue pastel;
signed and dated, lower right: JB Huet / 1762
10 ¾ by 12 in.; 278 by 305 mm.
Sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 8 March 1920;
Sale, New York, Christie's, 9 January 1991, lot 71
A. Ananoff and D. Wildenstein, François Boucher, Paris 1976, vol. I, p. 400, no. 290/5, fig. 847, reproduced
The shepherdess depicted in the present drawing, though not the accompanying goat, is adapted from François Boucher's painting of 1745, Pomone, one of five oils by the artist from this date portraying Huntress Nymphs.