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accession number:	1927.316
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The Proposal. François Boucher (French, 1703-1770), after Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.316

title:				The Proposal
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Dacier & Vuaflart Vol. III

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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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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1934-06-05T04:00:00
	<i>Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 5-September 12, 1934).

	title:		Decorative Style
	opening date:   1961-09-08T04:00:00
	<i>Decorative Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 8, 1961-January 7, 1962).

	title:		French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
	opening date:   1982-01-25T05:00:00
	<i>French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 16, 1982).

	title:		Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts
	opening date:   1983-11-11T05:00:00
	<i>Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 11, 1983-June 3, 1984).

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