Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Fontaine de Vénus (Fountain of Venus) 1756 Oil on canvas, 233 x 215 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Lighthearted, erotic decorative schemes remained popular among the French aristocracy throughout the 1700s. In this painting, part of the…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1738 Oil on canvas, 96 x 143 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Companion: Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Sommeil de Vénus 1738 Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The Toilette of Venus and Sleeping Venus Initially…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Sommeil de Vénus (Sleeping Venus) 1738 Oil on canvas, 96 x 143 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Companion: Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus 1738 Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The Toilette of Venus and Sleeping Venus Initially intended to…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour (Portrait of Madame Pompadour) 1758 Oil on canvas, 57.8 × 52.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London François Boucher (1703-1770) was born in Paris and probably received his first artistic training from his father…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Madame de Pompadour 1759 Oil on canvas, 91 x 68 cm Wallace Collection, London Pompadour has been famous for the important position as a patron and in politics that she obtained as Louis XV’s mistress. Because of her great…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Diane sortant du bain (Diana leaving her Bath) 1742 Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Bain de Vénus (The Bath of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 107 x 84.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In Enlightenment France the dedicated search to define truth engendered a re–evaluation of the natural. The belief that…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour (Portrait of Madame Pompadour) 1756 Oil on canvas, 205 × 161 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Madame de Pompadour was the official mistress of King Louis XV of France. She gained great influence and also…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Pompadour à sa toilette (Pompadour at Her Toilette) 1750 Oil on canvas, 81.2 × 64.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (1721–1764), became the official mistress of Louis XV in 1745. Numerous portraits of her…
(1721–1764) Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Marquise de Pompadour Duchesse de Menars Madame de Pompadour in Art: Boucher, François (1703-1770) Pompadour à sa toilette 1750 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour 1756 Alte Pinakothek, Munich Boucher, François (1703-1770)…