Original 18th-century etching in landscape format with a male academy study: a nude model seated on the ground beside an eagle with outspread wings. Signed in the copperplate "F. Boucher del." and with Huquier's address, rue Saint-Jacques. Laid paper with a watermark.
Original 18th-century etching in landscape format with a male academy study: a nude model seated on the ground beside an eagle with outspread wings. Signed in the copperplate "F. Boucher del." and with Huquier's address, rue Saint-Jacques. Laid paper with a watermark.
It is number 11 in the series of twelve academy studies etched by Louis-Félix de La Rue after Boucher and published in Paris around 1760.
Medium: Etching
Artist / after: François Boucher (1703-1770)
Engraver / lithographer: Louis-Félix de La Rue (1731-1765)
Date: circa 1760
Source: Paris, chez Huquier, rue Saint-Jacques; number 11 in the series
Dimensions: 13.4 x 18.9 in (34 x 48 cm)
Condition: Very good. Roughness along one edge from removal from the binding.