"Red Chalk Drawing By François Boucher, Signed, 18th Century"
François BOUCHER (1703-1770) "Dinner scene" Circa 1745-1750 Red chalk on tiny black chalk placement. Trace of the artist's signature in brown ink at the bottom left "f.boucher" Beautiful drawing in its original state, having served as a counter-proof and the counter-proof of the counter-proof completely taken up by the artist sold for 35,000 euros at Drouot!! This signed autograph drawing is accepted by the artist's specialist, and will join the artist's corpus. The seated figures are influenced by the painters of the Northern schools, the standing woman by the Italian school.