Berthe Morisot: Rococo Artist!

Published on 13 February 2020, by Agathe Albi-Gervy

Auction on 18 February 2020 - 18:00 (CET) - 2400, Market Street - 19103 Philadelphie

Making its first appearance on the market, this copy of a detail from a painting by François Boucher illustrates Berthe Morisot's liking for Rococo painting – so much so that the artist was long thought to be a distant relative of Fragonard.

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Apollon révélant sa divinité à la bergère Issé (d'après... Berthe Morisot: Rococo Artist!

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Apollon révélant sa divinité à la bergère Issé (d'après Boucher), Apollo revealing his divinity to the shepherdess Isse (after François Boucher), 1892, oil on canvas, 63.8 x 79.4 cm.
Estimate: $150,000/250,000

Passed down by Berthe Morisot to her daughter Julie Manet, this painting was acquired by its current New York owner from her direct descendants. It was reproduced in various books, and exhibited in 1896 at the Durand-Ruel gallery (Paris) in a show commemorating Morisot, staged a year after…

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