FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (1703-1770) Jacob's Departure Canvas 52 x 44.5 cm (Old restorations) Engraved in reverse by Elisabeth Cousinet. Preparatory red chalk drawing in the Musée de Picardie in Amiens. Provenance: Galerie Marcus, Paris, 1996. Bibliography: Françoise Joulie, catalogue of the exhibition François Boucher et les peintres du Nord, Dijon, Musée Magnin, London, The Wallace Collection, 2004-2005, p.30 (reproduced), circa 1724-1727. We would like to thank Madame Françoise Joulie for confirming the attribution to François Boucher by visual examination on 3 October 2024.