id: 109156
accession number: 1927.313
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.313
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Woman on a Swing, Viewed From Behind, c. 1721–28. François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), after Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721). Etching; sheet: 28.6 x 21 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.); platemark: 24.6 x 18 cm (9 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.); border: 22.4 x 16.6 cm (8 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.313
title: Woman on a Swing, Viewed From Behind
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creation date: c. 1721–28
creation date earliest: 1721
creation date latest: 1728
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creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: etching
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Le Blanc I,486,18
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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: 28.6 x 21 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.); Platemark: 24.6 x 18 cm (9 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.); Border: 22.4 x 16.6 cm (8 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1934-06-05T04:00:00
Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 5-September 12, 1934).
title: 40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland
opening date: 1959-12-03T05:00:00
40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).
title: French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
opening date: 1982-02-02T05:00:00
French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).
title: Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth Century France
opening date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00
Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth Century France. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 1, 2013-January 5, 2014).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (10/1/2013 - 1/5/2014): "Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth Century France"', 'opening_date': '2013-10-01T00:00:00'}
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