LOUIS-MARIN BONNET (after Boucher)<> Tête de Flore<>.
Color crayon manner engraving, 1769. 445x340 mm; 17 1/2x13 3/8 inches, full margins. Third state (of 3), with the additional shading in the background and with the "Rue St. Jacque au coin celle de la Parcheminierie" address.
According to Ittmann, this "is one of the supreme achievements of French eighteenth-century printmaking," (Ittmann, et als., Regency to Empire, French Printmaking 1715-1814<>, Minneapolis, 1984, p. 194). The print represents Boucher's youngest daughter, Marie-Emilie, who married the artist's protégé, Pierre-Antoine Baudouin. Jean-Richard 380; Hérold 192; Ittmann, et als., 63.
