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François Boucher

1703–1770 · French

Born
1703 · Paris
Died
1770 · Paris

200 works in the Collect24 Registry

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François Boucher was a French painter, draughtsman, and etcher who worked in the Rococo style. He is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes.

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François Boucher (UK: BOO-shay, US: boo-SHAY; French: [fʁɑ̃swa buʃe]; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and decorative artist of the 18th century.

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Selected registered works by François Boucher

Selected from 200 works by François Boucher in the Collect24 Registry.

François Boucher, Aeneas in the Underworld, Design for a Fan

François Boucher

Aeneas in the Underworld, Design for a Fan, after 1730

watercolor and gouache

27.2 × 54.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-1102755

François Boucher, Andromeda (Andromède)

François Boucher

Andromeda (Andromède), 1734

Etching

31.8 × 22.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-221927

François Boucher, Antoine Watteau

François Boucher

Antoine Watteau, c. 1727

etching and engraving

37.3 × 26.4 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-216567

François Boucher, Reclining Male Figure

François Boucher

Reclining Male Figure, 1736

Black, red, and white chalks, on blue paper

27.9 × 44.1 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-213508

François Boucher, Male Academy with Wings

François Boucher

Male Academy with Wings, 1745–50

red chalk on cream laid paper

30.1 × 37.1 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-210580

François Boucher, Study of a Reclining Nude

François Boucher

Study of a Reclining Nude, 1732–1735

Red and white chalk, on oatmeal paper, strips of paper added at top and bottom edges

31 × 24.6 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-208725

François Boucher, Interior of a Barn with a Family of Coopers

François Boucher

Interior of a Barn with a Family of Coopers, about 1763–1766

Black and white chalk, on light tan paper

26 × 31.1 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-208142

François Boucher, The Birth and Triumph of Venus

François Boucher

The Birth and Triumph of Venus, about 1743

Black chalk and gouache

39 × 31 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-208117

François Boucher, Venus and Cupid

François Boucher

Venus and Cupid, about 1750–1752

Black, white, red, blue, and green chalk

37.5 × 21.3 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-202600

François Boucher, Landscape with Figures

François Boucher

Landscape with Figures, about 1726–1728

Red chalk, on vellum

30.5 × 49.2 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-199773

François Boucher, The Departure of Jacob

François Boucher

The Departure of Jacob, c. 1755

Pen and brown-black ink, brown ink wash, and red chalk wash, with black chalk on cream laid paper

34.8 × 23.1 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-191512

François Boucher, Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells

François Boucher

Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells, c. 1736

Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper

37.7 × 22.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-190685

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