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François Boucher
Death of Meleagercirca 1727

Not on view
Oil painting depicting a multi-figure narrative scene indoors, with a collapsing man supported by a crowd at left and a semi-draped woman leaning over a stone pedestal at right, warm browns and reds throughout

François Boucher, Death of Meleager, circa 1727, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
François Boucher
France, Paris, 1703-1770
Title
Death of Meleager
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1727
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 20 1/8 × 26 1/4 in. (51.12 × 66.68 cm) Frame: 25 1/2 × 31 × 1 1/2 in. (64.77 × 78.74 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.12
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance
Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924-2015), Londong, by 1973, sold 2000 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Marandel, J. Patrice. French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century. Los Angeles: The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.
  • 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.