id:			150021
accession number:	1980.237
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.237
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:14.125000

Pollard Willow, after 1804. Pierre Jean Boquet (French, 1751–1817). Oil on paper, mounted on canvas; unframed: 29.6 x 26.8 cm (11 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.237

title:				Pollard Willow
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creation date:			after 1804
creation date earliest:		1804
creation date latest:		1810
current location:		202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
creditline:			Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	oil on paper, mounted on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Pierre Jean Boquet (French, 1751–1817)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 29.6 x 26.8 cm (11 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Georges Martin du Nord at Galerie B. G. Verte, Paris. Sold in 1977 to Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980.
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Little is known about Boquet's life, and his artistic origins remain obscure. His style and technique suggest that he received formal training, but where and with whom is unclear. An inscription on a painting attributed to Boquet implies that he spent time in Rome, where he would have seen works by 17th-century French artists such as Claude Lorrain. This may explain the gentle, bucolic atmosphere and the warm, golden light in <em>Pollard Willow</em>, characteristics of which recall the paintings of Lorrain and his contemporaries. The severe pruning or pollarding of trees, especially willows, was a common practice before the Industrial Revolution (about 1750–1850). The procedure allowed the tree to produce large numbers of shoots, which were used in basketry, fence construction, and as fodder for farm animals.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. <em>Catalogue of Paintings</em>. <em>Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 61-63, Vol. I, no. 23
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