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François Boucher
Monument to Mignardcirca 1743

Not on view
Oil painting of a baroque funerary monument in sepia tones, featuring a bearded seated figure writing on a scroll, a standing figure behind, putti, and a winged allegorical figure above, set within a columned architectural interior
Artist or Maker
François Boucher
France, Paris, 1703-1770
Title
Monument to Mignard
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1743
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 28 1/2 × 22 5/8 in. (72.39 × 57.47 cm) Frame: 33 × 28 × 1 in. (83.82 × 71.12 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.11
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Pierre-Hippolyte Lemoyne (1748–1828)(1) (estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Boullion [Duchesne Ainé], 19–22 May 1828, lot 95, "Divers Maîtres: Tombeau de Mignard, peint en grisaille, d’après la sculpture de J-B Lemoyne, telle qu’elle était dans l’église de Jacobins de la rue St. Honoré. Hauteur 27 pouces, Largeur 21 pouces," sold for 6 frs., 10 sous).(2) Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1973, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

Footnotes

(1) Pierre-Hippolyte Lemoyne, an architect, was the son of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, the sculptor of the monument. The drawing was, thus, most likely passed directly from the father to the son.

(2) It is intriguing that the catalogue does not identify Boucher as the artist. The catalogue did include two paintings en camaïeu by Boucher: "67. Triomphe de Vénus, esquisse peinte en camaïeu. Cette toile a été contre-collée, larg, 33 p., haut, 18 p.; 68. Vénus venant prier Vulcàn de forger des armes pour Énée; esquisse peinte en camaïeu. Larg. 16 p., haut 14 p."


Selected Bibliography
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.