Danae Receiving the Golden Shower
Danae Receiving the Golden Shower
- Artist
- François Boucher
- Artist Dates
- 1703-1770
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- Danae Receiving the Golden Shower
- Date
- 1757
- Medium
- red, white, and black chalk with gouache
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 48 cm (12 3/8 x 18 7/8 in)
- K Number
- dK506
- Repository
- National Gallery of Art
- Accession Number
- 1963.15.4
- Notes
Provenance
Jean Claude Francois Perrin, marquis de Cypierre [1727- 1789]; (sale, Paris, 10 March 1845, no. 174); [1] Etienne Arago [1802- 1892] (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 8-9 February 1872, no. 112). Ludwig Neumann, London. Richard Owen, Paris; Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art [1] Possibly the drawing was owned by Monsieur de Montulle and was on sale in Paris, 22-30 December 1783 as cited in _François Boucher in North American collections: 100 drawings_, Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, 1973. However, in the sale catalogue of that date the drawing could not be found.