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Artists›François Boucher, French

François Boucher, French

Artist

WA-00042779

Printmaking

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

161

Works in Collection

163

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40%

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Source Registry (1)

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (161)

Two Putti

1775 · print — etching on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Two Putti

1775 · print — etching on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Three Putti

1775 · print — etching on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Two Putti

1775 · print — etching on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Two Putti

1775 · print — etching on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Title Plate

1772 · bound print — etching on cream laid paper

21.5 × 14.4 cm (8 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Title Plate

1772 · drawing — pen and red ink on cream laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Album of Prints: Book of Vases by François Boucher

1772 · albums (bound) & books, book

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Studies of putti

1770 · figures, drawing — black chalk and white heightening on grey paper

24.5 x 20.4 cm (9 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elevation of Altar Screen

1770 · Pen and ink, brush and gray and black wash on paper

36 × 23 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Presentation in the Temple

1765 · pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and black chalk, heightened with white paint; framing lines in pen and brown ink

Sheet: 32.3 x 20 cm (12 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Framed: 66 x 50.9 x 6.4 cm (26 x 20 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Three Putti

1758 · print — etching and engraving on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Two Putti

1758 · print — etching and engraving on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Title Page

1758 · print — etching and engraving on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Three Putti

1758 · print — etching and engraving on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Two Sleeping Children with Sheep

1758 · print — etching and engraving on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Three Putti

1758 · print — etching and engraving on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Head of a Man in Turban

1757 · Black and red chalk on paper

Sheet: 35.2 x 27.5 cm (13 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Fountain of Venus

1756 · oil on canvas

Framed: 246 x 228.5 x 6.5 cm (96 7/8 x 89 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 233 x 215 cm (91 3/4 x 84 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

L'Automne

1754 · print — etching and engraving on paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Les quatre saisons

1754 · albums (bound) & books, album

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

L’ESTÉ

1754 · print — etching and engraving on paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Le Printems

1754 · print — etching and engraving on paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

L'Hyver

1754 · print — etching and engraving on paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artwork sources (4)

161 published of 161 catalogued · 160 with image

Cooper Hewitt
136 published135 img
Smithsonian
11 published11 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy
1740 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Fountain of Venus
1756 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Music and Dance
1740 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Presentation in the Temple
1765 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Departure of Jacob
1750 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells
1731 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Cupids in Conspiracy
1740 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections4

Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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