id: 130984 accession number: 1953.671 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.671 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:29.985000 Book of Fountains: No. 1, Title Page, c. 1736. Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772), after François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Erich Lederer 1953.671 title: Book of Fountains: No. 1, Title Page title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1736 creation date earliest: 1731 creation date latest: 1741 current location: creditline: Gift of Erich Lederer copyright: --- culture: France, 18th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Fonds Français 18tieme siecle XI.457.576-582 --- CREATORS * Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772) - artist * 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: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.671/1953.671_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.671/1953.671_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.671/1953.671_full.tif