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Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	29 September 1703	30 May 1770
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work period	from 1720 until 1770
Work location	Paris (1720–1770), Northern Netherlands (1766)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Deutsch: Ruhendes Mädchen.

English: Resting Maiden.

Español: Muchacha tumbada.

Italiano: Ragazza distesa.

Description

Deutsch: Vermutlich Portrait von Louise O'Murphy (21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814), Mätresse von König Louis XV von Frankreich.

English: Probably a portrait of Marie-Louise O'Murphy (21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814), mistress to Louis XV of France.

Date

1751.

Medium

oil on canvas.

Dimensions

59.5 × 73.5 cm (23.4 × 28.9 in).

Current location

Wallraf-Richartz-Museum

	Native name	Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
	Location	Cologne, Germany
	Coordinates	50° 56′ 14.28″ N, 6° 57′ 30.30″ E
	Established	1827
	Website	www.wallraf.museum

Cologne, Germany.

Accession number

WRM 2639.

Object history

Unknown date: Private collection
by 1914: Private collection, London
Unknown date: Private collection, Paris
by 1941: Private collection, Hamburg

September 1941: purchased by Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne through Hildebrand Gurlitt (art dealer), Hamburg

Inscriptions

Bottom right-hand corner: "F. Boucher / 1751".

References

Online database:

Wallraf-Richartz-Museum: online database: entry 226

Source/Photographer

Not stated.

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BOUCHER, François

(b. 1703, Paris. d. 1770, Paris)

Girl Reclining (Louise O'Murphy) 1751 Oil on canvas, 59,5 x 73,5 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne

This is a slightly different version of the painting in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

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Author: BOUCHER, François Title: Girl Reclining (Louise O'Murphy) Time-line: 1701-1750 School: French Form: painting

Type: portrait

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