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Tête de Flore: P.59-1959

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tête de Flore
Translated as: Head of Flora

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnet, Louis Marin
Draughtsman: Boucher, François (After)

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Notes

History note: Comte de Béhague (Lugt 2004), sold 19 February - 3 March 1877; Julius Model; Eldridge R. Johnson; ? sold at Sotheby's 18 January 1956; bought by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1959-01) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

1760s
Production date: AD 1769

Note

I/II

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Coloured ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Sheet Height 327 mm Height 408 mm
Image Height 402 mm Width 321 mm

Techniques used in production

Pastel manner
Colour printing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: f. Boucher 1757
  • Location: Image upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Bonnet 1769
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: Lugt 2004

  • Text: O surmounted by a crown
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Red ink
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.59-1959
Primary reference Number: 81662
Herold (Bonnet): 192
Lugt: 2004

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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