Francois Boucher

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Francois Boucher

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French painter, illustrator, engraver and designer

Born 1703 - Died 1770

Born in Paris (Departement de Ville de Paris, Ile-de-France, France)

Died in Paris (Departement de Ville de Paris, Ile-de-France, France)

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The Visit of Venus to Vulcan

1754

Oil on canvas

Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

The Toilet of Venus

1751

Oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, United States

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

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An Autumn Pastoral

1749

Oil on canvas

260 x 199 cms | 102 1/4 x 78 1/4 ins

Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

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A Summer Pastoral

1749

Oil on canvas

259 x 197 cms | 101 3/4 x 77 1/2 ins

Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1737

Oil on canvas

Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

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Fountain of Venus

1756

Oil on canvas

246 x 228.5 x 6.5 cms | 96 3/4 x 89 3/4 x 2 1/2 ins

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States

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The Rape of Europa

1732-1734

Oil on canvas

231 x 274 cms | 90 3/4 x 107 3/4 ins

Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Leda and the Swan

1741

Oil on canvas

Private collection, ,

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

La Toilette

1742

Oil on canvas

Private collection, ,

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

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Nude on a Sofa

1752

Oil on canvas

59 x 73 cms | 23 x 28 1/2 ins

Alte Pinakothek, München, Germany

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

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BOUCHER, FRANCOIS (1703-1770), French painter, was born in Paris, and at first was employed by Jean Fran�ois Cars (1670-1739), the engraver, father of the engraver Laurent Cars (1699-1771), to make designs and illustrations for books. In 1727, however, he went to Italy, and at Rome became well known as a painter. He returned to Paris in 1731 and soon became a favourite in society. His picture Rinaldo and Armida (1734) is now in the Louvre. He was made inspector of the Gobelins factory in 1755 and court painter in 1765, and was employed by Madame de Pompadour both to paint her portrait and to execute various decorative works. He died in 1770. His Watteau-like style and graceful voluptuousness gave him the title of the Anacreon of painting, but his repute declined until recent years. The Wallace collection, at Hertford House, has some of his finest pictures, outside the Louvre. His etchings were also numerous and masterly.

See Antoine Bret's notice in the Nicrologe des hommes c�l�bres for 1771, and the monographs by the brothers de Goncourt and Paul Mantz.

Source: Entry on the artist in the 1911 Edition Encyclopedia.

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