François Boucher French Collection

Woman Standing. Creator: Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Woman Standing. One of the most lavish tributes paid to the memory of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was the publication of four volumes of more than 600 prints (1726-35)

Young Woman Seated on a Bed, 1764-1767. Creator: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736-1793)
Young Woman Seated on a Bed, 1764-1767. This print emulates a traditional chiaroscuro drawing: dark outlines and shadows with white highlights on specially toned paper

Young Woman Seated on a Bed, before 1764. Creator: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736-1793)
Young Woman Seated on a Bed, before 1764. Although this scene of a nude woman lounging in her bedchamber appears to be drawn with red chalk like the drawings by Greuze and Boucher nearby

Venus and Cupid, second or third quarter 18th century. Creator: Francois Boucher (French
Venus and Cupid, second or third quarter 18th century. Although this sketch is similar to drawings by Boucher, a talented pupil or another artist striving to emulate Boucher probably made it

The Flute Player from Set Les Beaux Pastorales, 1775

The First Guard. Creator: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)
The First Guard. Many of Francois Bouchers decorative designs were published as prints sometimes executed by the painter, etcher, and publisher-dealer Gabriel Huquier

The Swing. Creator: Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
The Swing

The Proposal. Creator: Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
The Proposal

Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy, 1740s. Creator: Francois Boucher (French
Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy, 1740s. These two paintings, Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy, are surely part of a series of over-door paintings that would have been installed in a

Head of a Young Woman, early 1730s. Creator: Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Head of a Young Woman, early 1730s. This work was catalogued as " style of Chardin" when it entered the museums collection, and was considered a minor rococo revival work of the 1800s

The Washerwoman, 1767. Creator: Gilles Demarteau (French, 1722-1776)
The Washerwoman, 1767

Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells, c. 1736. Creator: Francois Boucher (French
Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells, c. 1736. In this early chalk drawing, Boucher combined plants, dolphins, rocks, shells

Fountain of Venus, 1756. Creator: Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Fountain of Venus, 1756. Lighthearted, erotic decorative schemes remained popular among the French aristocracy throughout the 1700s

Love Requests Venus to Return His Weapons to Him, 1768. Creator: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French)
Love Requests Venus to Return His Weapons to Him, 1768. For his aristocratic patrons, Boucher made numerous paintings of intriguing female nudes, thinly veiled as Roman goddesses lounging in luxury

Book of Fountains: No. 6, c. 1736. Creator: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)
Book of Fountains: No. 6, c. 1736. French prints promoting l art rocaille (rock and shell art) or gout pittoresque (picturesque taste)

Book of Fountains: No. 7, c. 1736. Creator: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)
Book of Fountains: No. 7, c. 1736. Boucher was one of the most prolific designers of ornament prints. With their aquatic motifs and gracefully curving and scalloped forms

Book of Fountains: No. 5, c. 1736. Creator: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)
Book of Fountains: No. 5, c. 1736. Boucher was one of the most prolific designers of ornament prints. With their aquatic motifs and gracefully curving and scalloped forms

Book of Fountains: No. 3, c. 1736. Creator: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)
Book of Fountains: No. 3, c. 1736. Boucher was one of the most prolific designers of ornament prints. With their aquatic motifs and gracefully curving and scalloped forms

Book of Fountains: No. 4, c. 1736. Creator: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)
Book of Fountains: No. 4, c. 1736. French prints promoting l art rocaille (rock and shell art) or gout pittoresque (picturesque taste)

Book of Fountains: No. 2, c. 1736. Creator: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)
Book of Fountains: No. 2, c. 1736. Boucher was one of the most prolific designers of ornament prints. With their aquatic motifs and gracefully curving and scalloped forms

Book of Fountains: No. 1, Title Page, c. 1736. Creator: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)
Book of Fountains: No. 1, Title Page, c. 1736. Boucher was one of the most prolific designers of ornament prints. With their aquatic motifs and gracefully curving and scalloped forms

Cupids in Conspiracy, 1740s. Creator: Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Cupids in Conspiracy, 1740s. These two paintings, Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy, are surely part of a series of over-door paintings that would have been installed in a house

Antoine Watteau, c. 1727. Creator: Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Antoine Watteau, c. 1727. This etching served as the frontispiece for Jean de Julliennes The Works of Antoine Watteau (L Oeuvre d Antoine Watteau)

Andromeda (Andromede), 1734. Creator: Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Andromeda (Andromede), 1734. Late in life Boucher became Louis XVs premier painter, but he began his career working as an etcher, tasked with reproducing drawings by other artists

Head of a Woman (Mme. Deshayes?), c. 1771. Creator: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736-1793)
Head of a Woman (Mme. Deshayes?), c. 1771. To produce this print, Bonnet used three different printing plates to layer black ink, then semitransparent blue ink

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