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François Boucher

342 works

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Engraving of two robed children seated beneath a gnarled tree with a large hanging fruit and foliage.

Taste

1720-70

Etching of a bearded man in a hat and a woman in a robe, each holding a small animal, beside a tree and a fan.

Touch

1720-70

Engraving of three figures in flowing robes beside a flowered urn on a pedestal, with a tambourine on the ground.

Touch, from The Five Senses

1720-70

Engraved frontispiece with putti around an oval title cartouche, garlands of flowers, books, scrolls and drawing tools, dated

Frontispiece, from Nouveau Livre d'Academies Peintes a Rome par les Eleves de l'Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpt…

1759

Etching of a barefoot peasant in a cap gathering a fish net over a wooden barrel, with a plank and shrubs behind him.

Peasant Holding Fish Net

18th century

Pen sketch sheet with a seated woman, a standing woman in a bonnet, an old bearded man's head, and small riding figures.

Figurenstudien (Studienbuch nach A. Bloemaert)

1735

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, propped on her left arm, with black chalk accents.

Liegender weiblicher Akt, auf den linken Arm gestützt, in Rückenansicht

Pencil and white chalk study on grey paper of a winged putto flying upward with arms raised, plus smaller putti sketches.

Studies of putti

1770

Pen and wash drawing of a farmyard with a cottage, large tree, cow, sheep, chickens and figures tending animals.

Seated Shepherd

1800

Pen and wash sketch of a reclining woman, putti, an urn and draped fabric arranged in a ceiling corner design.

Project for a Corner Motif of a Painted Ceiling

1740

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a young boy balancing a tray of bottles on a pedestal, pointing outward.

The Youthful Vendor

1750

Red chalk drawing of two children with a dog and sheep in a landscape, with an urn and cherub heads above.

Two Children

1770

Split architectural drawing of an altar screen with Corinthian columns, a pediment, and a central arched niche.

Elevation of Altar Screen

1770

Drawing of a seated shepherdess playing a flute to a reclining shepherd beside a tree, in black and red chalk.

Shepherdess Piping to a Shepherd

1770

Etching of two figures in Asian robes playing a gong, bells, and stringed instruments among plants.

L'Ouye (Hearing) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

1720

Engraving of children and a seated man beside a cabinet, with a parrot, palm trees and flowering branches, titled La Veue.

La Veue (Sight) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

1720

Engraved title page with allegorical figures in clouds, Latin inscription naming Earl Cowper, horses and putti below.

Memorial to William Earl Cowper

1720

Engraving of Flora offering a flower wreath to a reclining Cupid beside a flower-filled urn in a wooded landscape.

Flore et l'Amour

1740

Engraving of a bearded man and a young woman in Asian dress with two cats among blossoming trees and a parasol.

Le Toucher (Touch) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

1720

Etching of a fashionable dandy in a feathered hat and long coat walking through a garden with a pagoda and plants.

Petit Maître (Dandy)

1750

Engraved rococo design of a waterfall, classical columns, an urn and rocaille scrollwork framing a landscape with animals.

Rocaille (rococo design), in Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravents (New concepts for screens)

1730

Etching of two seated children beneath a gnarled tree with a large hanging fruit and leafy branches.

Le Gout (Taste) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

1720