Edme Bouchardon - Boy with his arms raised
Edme Bouchardon
Boy with his arms raised
Red chalk. 38 x 22 cm.
The drawing depicts a boy with his arms raised. It was drawn in connection with Edme Bouchardon’s masterpiece, the Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons on Rue de Grenelle. This is a monumental fountain complex commissioned by the City of Paris in 1745, comprising a large number of sculptures and reliefs. In one of the niches stands a sculpture of a boy holding a water bowl above his head with both hands.
This drawing, executed in Bouchardon’s characteristic red chalk technique, depicts this sculpture in profile.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany.
Edme Bouchardon
Boy with his arms raised
Red chalk. 38 x 22 cm.
The drawing depicts a boy with his arms raised. It was drawn in connection with Edme Bouchardon’s masterpiece, the Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons on Rue de Grenelle. This is a monumental fountain complex commissioned by the City of Paris in 1745, comprising a large number of sculptures and reliefs. In one of the niches stands a sculpture of a boy holding a water bowl above his head with both hands.
This drawing, executed in Bouchardon’s characteristic red chalk technique, depicts this sculpture in profile.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany.
