id:			140293
accession number:	1964.26
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.26
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:07.071000

The First Guard. Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772), after François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Etching; image: 32.4 x 20.8 cm (12 3/4 x 8 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In honor of Leona E. Prasse 1964.26

title:				The First Guard
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creditline:			In honor of Leona E. Prasse
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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 II.403.67

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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.
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measurements: Image: 32.4 x 20.8 cm (12 3/4 x 8 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (07/16/2016-11/06/2016); Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings.', 'opening_date': '2016-07-16T00:00:00'}

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