Jean-Baptiste DESHAYS (1729-1765).
Herd near a waterfall.
Oil on paper mounted on panel inscribed "F. Boucher" lower right. On the reverse a handwritten label in ink "Clausse".
34 x 24.5 cm.
Provenance :
- Sale of paintings from the collection of M. F. de VILLARS, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 13, 1868, Maître Charles PILLET, expert HARO, no. 8 (presented as a work by François BOUCHER entitled "Passage du Ruisseau").
- Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, June 15, 1979, Maîtres Audap-Godeau-Solanet, expert Louis RYAUX, no. (attributed to Jean-Baptiste DESHAYS and entitled "Bergers et leur troupeau").
- Private collection.
Bibliography :
- Marc SANDOZ, Les LAGRENÉE, Paris, 1977, t. II, p. 19 (works uncertain), reproduced.
- André BANCEL, Jean Baptiste DESHAYES (1729-1765), Paris, 2008, p. 169, p.146 ("Jeune bergère parmi son troupeau, appuyée sur une vache"), reproduced.
Related works :
- Its counterpart "Bergers traversant un fleuve", cf André BANCEL, Jean Baptiste DESHAYES (1729-1765), Paris, 2008, p. 169, p.145 (Paysanne en route sur un âne, avec ses jeunes enfants), reproduced.
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