id:			122225
accession number:	1942.538
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.538
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:52.162000

Venus and Cupid, second or third quarter 18th century. François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 20.8 x 32.6 cm (8 3/16 x 12 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Richard Owen 1942.538

title:				Venus and Cupid
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creation date:			second or third quarter 18th century
creation date earliest:		1703
creation date latest:		1770
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Richard Owen
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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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.
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measurements: Sheet: 20.8 x 32.6 cm (8 3/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
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	description:	blue laid paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Italian and French Drawings
	opening date:   1959-10-13T04:00:00
	<i>Italian and French Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 1959-February 2, 1960).

	title:		French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
	opening date:   1982-02-02T05:00:00
	<i>French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director\'s Corridor in Old Building" (closed Mar. 13, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-03-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" ("rearranged Jan. 21, 1953").', 'opening_date': '1953-01-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Director\'s Corridor" (from June 30, 1950 (all drawings taken down from walls June 27-30, 1950, for cleaning)).', 'opening_date': '1930-06-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "hung Director\'s Corridor" (May 10, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1950-05-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Gallery II) (Dec. 15, 1944-July 14, 1949).', 'opening_date': '1944-12-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Director\'s Corridor) (July 27-Dec. 8, 1944).', 'opening_date': '1944-07-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Superintendent\'s Corridor) (June 29, 1943-July 27, 1944).', 'opening_date': '1943-06-29T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 17-Oct. 4, 1942).', 'opening_date': '1942-06-17T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	on an old mount now removed an apparently lost: FR (not in Lugt) [according to note on departmental catalogue sheet]
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