François Boucher (1703-1770), attributed to, Une Baigneuse vue de dos, red chalk and white chalk highlights on beige paper, 23x34 cm Provenance: Collection Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), (L.421), his sale Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13-15 March 1905, lot no. 7, Gabriel Cognacq, his sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 11-13 June 1952, lot no. 47, Collection Bemberg Bibliography: A. Ananoff, L'oeuvre dessiné de François Boucher (1703-1770), Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1966, p.144, no. 518. This drawing, in which numerous repentirs can be observed, can be compared to several drawings of female nudes seen from the back by François Boucher dating from the beginning of his career, such as, for example, a sheet from the Griscom collection recently sold, Christie's, New York, 28 January 2021, lot 28, another now in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin (inv. KdZ 1420) and, more particularly, one from the sale in Narbonne on 23 March 2024, where the pose of the model is very similar, albeit in reverse. On the basis of a digital photograph, François Joulie has confirmed the attribution of the drawing, albeit with reservations as he has not seen it, while Laure-Aline Demazure attributes it to a pupil of the artist. We would like to thank Françoise Joulie and Laure-Aline Demazure for their help in preparing this note. Stains François Boucher (1703- 1770) - A Bather seen from the back This drawing, in which numerous repentirs can be seen, can be compared with several drawings of female nudes seen from the back by François Boucher dating from the beginning of his career, such as, for example, a sheet from the Griscom collection recently sold, Christie's, New York, 28 January 2021, lot 28, another now in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (inv. KdZ 1420) and, more particularly, one from the sale in Narbonne on 23 March 2024, where the pose of the model is very similar, albeit in reverse. On the basis of a digital photograph, François Joulie confirmed the attribution of the drawing, albeit with reservations as he had not seen it, while Laure-Aline Demazure attributed it to a pupil of the artist. We would like to thank Françoise Joulie and Laure-Aline Demazure for their help in preparing this note.