Drawing
Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). c. 1736. Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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- Compare in Pattern study: A design acquires a body.Catalogue comparison · A drawing by François Boucher in Cleveland’s collection, showing his two-dimensional graphic line before workshop translation into porcelain.
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- The Presentation in the TempleThe Cleveland Museum of Art · c. 1770 · 1925.1005 · Compare side by side →
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DrawingObject type
A work described as a drawing in the source record.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “Drawing” in its object type field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Drawing
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
PaperMaterial
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper; [object Object]
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
ChalkMaterial
Chalk recorded in the object's medium.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper; [object Object]
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
DrawingTechnique
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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