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an old picture of a man and a woman standing in front of a bedan image of a drawing of a woman standing in a roomdrawing of a woman in a white dress standing in a room next to a bed
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167 - Attributed to Augustin de SAINT-AUBIN (Paris 1736–1807) *La …
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Attributed to Augustin de SAINT-AUBIN (Paris 1736–1807) *La toilette* Pen and black ink over black pencil lines, grey wash 17 x 21.5 cm Mounted directly onto an old backing sheet inscribed in pen and brown ink: ‘This drawing is by Beaudouin, son-in-law of François Boucher. He painted in gouache and miniatures. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Paris. ’ The composition presented here differs from that engraved and executed in gouache by Baudoin (portrait format), in which we see primarily a male figure assisting with the dressing. The poses of the maid and her mistress, however, are identical—albeit in reverse—in a drawing (of different composition) held in Stockholm, which has been successively attributed to Boucher and Durameau, and is currently held as attributed to Boucher (see Anne Leclair, *Louis-Jacques Durameau*, Paris, 2001, ed. Arthena, no. DR8, repr.). The drawing style here is reminiscent of that of Augustin de Saint- Aubin (see, for example, the drawing of ‘La marchande de broderies’, anonymous sale, Paris, 25 October 2023, no. 142, repr.).
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Auction time 10/30/2026 at 11:00 AM
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