Charles de LA TRAVERSE (Paris 1726 - 1787) Venus and Cupid Pen and black ink, brown and grey wash on black pencil lines. Tiled with black pencil. (Small stains, slightly insolated). In an old carved and gilded wooden frame. 28,6 x 22 cm of oval shape. Charles de La Traverse was a student of Boucher. He won the second prize in Rome in 1748, where he stayed for six years. After his return to France, he left for Spain, under the protection of the Duke of Osuna. The majority of his drawings are preserved in Madrid (see: M. Sandoz, Dessins par La Traverse à la bibliothèque nationale, Madrid, 1972, X, pp.379-382, pl. 43-53b).