Art, literature & history
The Death of the Virgin
1750s
- Dating
- Within this decade
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink and brown wash over red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down
- Dimensions
- overall: 11 x 14.4 cm (4 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2000.9.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
François Boucher. The Death of the Virgin. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Death of the Virgin — François Boucher. 1750s.
Medium: pen and brown ink and brown wash over red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 11 x 14.4 cm (4 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2000.9.1. Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.