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Francois Boucher
François Boucher (29 September 1703 - 30 May 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture. He also painted several portraits of his illustrious patroness, Madame de Pompadour.
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Painting ID:: 153
Nude on a Sofa
1752
Pinakothek, Museum
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Painting ID:: 20712
Diana Leaving the Bath (mk05)
1742
Canvas 22 x 28 1/2''(56 x 73 cm)Acquired in 1852 INV
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Painting ID:: 20713
Venus Requesting Arms for Aeneas from Vulcan (mk05)
1732 Canvas 98 1/4 x 69 ''(252 x 175 cm)Collection of Louis XIV INV
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Painting ID:: 20714
The Rape of Europa (mk05)
Canvas 63 1/2 x 76 1/2''(161 x 194 cm)Salon of 1747;collection of Louis XV;acquired in a competition between the painters of the Academie Royale organized by the Directorate of Royal Buildings in 1747 INV
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Painting ID:: 20716
The Lunch (mk05)
1739
Canvas,32 1/4 x 26''(82 x 66 cm)Bequeathed in 1895 R.F
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Francois Boucher
François Boucher (29 September 1703 - 30 May 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture. He also painted several portraits of his illustrious patroness, Madame de Pompadour.
. Related Artists to Francois Boucher: | Johann Kaspar Scherrer | Philip Charles Hardwick | Wiloliam Woollett | Louis Eysen | Otto Barth |
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