id: 130150 accession number: 1952.529 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.529 updated: 2024-04-13 11:22:53.032000 Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells, c. 1736. François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Black and white chalks with stumping and red chalk on beige laid paper; sheet: 37.7 x 22.2 cm (14 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.); secondary support: 39.6 x 24.2 cm (15 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.529 title: Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1736 creation date earliest: 1731 creation date latest: 1741 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 18th century technique: Black and white chalks with stumping and red chalk on beige laid paper department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: Michel 2554?; Ananoff 968? --- 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. --- measurements: Sheet: 37.7 x 22.2 cm (14 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 39.6 x 24.2 cm (15 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: beige(1) laid paper, laid down on beige laid paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: lower left, in brown ink: Boucher; secondary support, in graphite: [195?]; verso of secondary support, upper center, in brown ink: M / No. 53; center, in graphite: B / [illegible] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Italian and French Drawings opening date: 1959-10-13T04:00:00 Italian and French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 1959-February 2, 1960). title: The Eighteenth Century: One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists opening date: 1961-01-24T05:00:00 The Eighteenth Century: One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists. Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN (January 24-March 7, 1961). title: French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections opening date: 1972-09-02T04:00:00 French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (September 2-October 15, 1972); Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (organizer) (September 2-October 15, 1972); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.,, Canada (November 3-December 17, 1972); The New York Cultural Center, New York, NY (April 4-May 13, 1973). title: François Boucher in North American Collections: 100 Drawings opening date: 1973-12-23T05:00:00 François Boucher in North American Collections: 100 Drawings. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (December 23, 1973-March 15, 1974); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (April 1-May 20, 1974). title: 18th Century Master Drawings opening date: 1981-10-06T04:00:00 18th Century Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981). title: François Boucher opening date: 1982-04-24T05:00:00 François Boucher. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (April 24-June 23, 1982). title: National Schools of Style opening date: 1983-06-14T04:00:00 National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983). title: Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention opening date: 1987-04-07T04:00:00 Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-May 17, 1987). title: Treasures on Paper opening date: 1988-05-10T04:00:00 Treasures on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-July 24, 1988). title: Rococo, Revolution, Restoration opening date: 1989-07-11T04:00:00 Rococo, Revolution, Restoration. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989). title: French Drawings from the Collection opening date: 1994-12-13T05:00:00 French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995). title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00 Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Possibly Gabriel Huquier [1695-1772], Paris date: ?-1771? footnotes: citations: (his sale, Paris, Tableaux, Gouaches, Desseins...du Cabinet de M. ***, 1771, no. 89) date: 1771 footnotes: *
As "Quatorze desseins de fontaines, cartouches &c. par Boucher"
citations: (possibly sale, Paris, Tableaux...composant le cabinet de M. Rochaz, February 11, 1856, no. 3) date: 1856 footnotes: *
A group of four drawings described as fountain designs by Boucher in "encre de Chine, exécutés à la plume et teintés de couleur" are listed under lot 3 in this sale. The composition of the Cleveland drawing is clearly described ("Dans le second, ce sont des dauphins qui soutiennent dans une vasque des tritons qui lancent de l'eau par leurs conques"). However, the disparity of media suggests the Rochaz work was possibly a copy after the Huquier print. The description of it as "tinted with color" does not suggest a drawing by Boucher.
citations: Probably M. Marmontel date: ?-1883 footnotes: citations: (Hotel Drouot, Paris, Aquarelles et Dessins...composant la collection de M. Marmontel, January 25-26, 1883, no. 44) date: 1883 footnotes: *
As "Projet de fontaine. Crayon. Haut., 35 cent., larg.; 22 cent."
citations: Possibly "M[onsieur] S." date: after 1883-1896 footnotes: citations: (Hotel Drouot, Paris, Dessins Anciens et Modernes...Appartenant à M. S..., June 1, 1896, no. 2) date: 1896 footnotes: citations: Franz Lederer [1899-2000], Palm Springs, CA date: ?-? footnotes: citations: (Erich Lederer, Geneva, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) date: ?-1952 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1952- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Michel, André. François Boucher. Paris: L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza et Cie, 1906. page number: Mentioned: p. 141, no. 2554 url: "Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, April - June 1953." Art Quarterly 16, no. 4 (Winter 1953): 346-365. page number: Mentioned: p. 353 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 594 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n111 In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned: no. 117 url: Thomas, Hylton. The Eighteenth Century: One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists. Exh. Cat. Minneapolis: University of Minnesoty, 1961. page number: Mentioned: p. 18, no. 6; Reproduced: plate I url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 135 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n159 Ananoff, Alexandre. L'Oeuvre dessiné de François Boucher (1703-1770): catalogue raisonné. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1966 page number: Mentioned: no. 968? url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 135 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n159 Rosenberg, Pierre. French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections. Exh. Cat. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1972. page number: Mentioned: pp. 136-137, no. 12; Reproduced: plate 85 url: Slatkin, Regina Shoolman. François Boucher in North American Collections: 100 Drawings. Exh. Cat. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1973. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 38, no. 29 url: Ananoff, Alexandre. François Boucher. Lausanne: La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1976. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 11 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 177 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n197 Jean-Richard, Pierrette. L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1978. page number: Mentioned: p. 274, under no. 1096 url: Sutton, Denys. François Boucher. Exh. Cat. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1982. page number: Mentioned: pp. 189, 245, no. 83; Reproduced: p. 113 url: DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. page number: Mentioned: p. 8, pp. 100-101, 288, no. 36; Reproduced: p. 101 url: Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le dessin français au XVIIIe siècle. Paris: Louvre éditions: Somogy, 2017. page number: Reproduced: p. 174, no. 293 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.529/1952.529_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.529/1952.529_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.529/1952.529_full.tif