id: 107225
accession number: 1925.1217
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Antoine Watteau, c. 1727. François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), after Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721). Etching and engraving; sheet: 37.3 x 26.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.); platemark: 35.1 x 24.2 cm (13 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of P. & D. Colnaghi Co. 1925.1217
title: Antoine Watteau
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creation date: c. 1727
creation date earliest: 1722
creation date latest: 1732
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creditline: Gift of P. & D. Colnaghi Co.
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: etching and engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Inventaire du Fonds Français 65
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CREATORS
* François Boucher (French, 1703–1770) - artist
French Rococo artist who epitomizes the frivolous and elegant court life of France in the mid-18th century. During his early career he was closely associated with Watteau, many of whose paintings he engraved. Boucher was a successful and incredibly prolific artistic who had a major impact on both fine and decorative art of the 18th century. He is particularly noted for having reinvented the genre of the pastoral, creating images of shepherds and shepherdesses as sentimental lovers that was taken up in a variety of medium. Boucher's sketchy manner of painting helped to promote painterliness as an end in itself. This trend dominated French painting until the emergence of Neoclassicism, when the tides of criticism turned against Boucher and his followers.
* Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 37.3 x 26.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Platemark: 35.1 x 24.2 cm (13 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
opening date: 1982-01-25T05:00:00
French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 16, 1982).
title: Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints
opening date: 2001-08-26T00:00:00
Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).
title: Paper Museums: The Reproductive Print in Europe, 1500-1800
opening date: 2005-02-03T00:00:00
Paper Museums: The Reproductive Print in Europe, 1500-1800. The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (organizer) (February 3-May 15, 2005); Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY (September 13-December 3, 2005).
title: Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
opening date: 2016-07-16T04:00:00
Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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This etching served as the frontispiece for Jean de Jullienne’s The Works of Antoine Watteau (L’Oeuvre d’Antoine Watteau). Early in his career, Boucher reproduced more than 100 etchings of Watteau’s works for the publication, learning to emulate his elegant draftsmanship. This had a lasting effect on the young artist, as is evident in a comparison of Boucher’s Andromeda with Watteau’s The Clothes Are Italian, both on view nearby. The tribute to Watteau inscribed below the portrait translates: Watteau, adorned by Nature with happy talents,Was very grateful for the gifts she gave him:Never has another hand painted her more beautifully,Nor been known to display her with features so gallant.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Zorach, Rebecca, and Elizabeth Rodini. Paper Museums: The Reproductive Print in Europe, 1500-1800. Chicago, Ill: David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2005.
page number: cat. 12A
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Beeny, Emily A., Davide Gasparotto, Richard Rand, and Antoine Watteau. Watteau at Work: La Surprise. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 1-2, fig. 1.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1217/1925.1217_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1217/1925.1217_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1217/1925.1217_full.tif