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François Boucher Furniture

French, 1703-1770
The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. He had been trained as an engraver, and the skills of a draftsman, which he imbued in the studio of Jean-Francois Cars (1661 – 1738), stood him in good stead throughout his career; his delightful drawings are one of the most sought-after aspects of his oeuvre. As a student of Francois Lemoyne (1688 - 1737), he mastered the art of composition. The four years he spent in Italy, from 1727-1731, educated him in the works of the masters, classics and history, that his modest upbringing had denied him. On his return to Paris in 1734, he gained full membership of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with his splendid Rinaldo and Armida (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Although, throughout his career, he occasionally painted subjects taken from the Bible, and would always have considered himself first as a history painter, his own repertoire of heroines, seductresses, flirtatious peasant girls and erotic beauties was better suited to a lighter, more decorative subject matter. His mastery of technique and composition enabled him to move from large scale tapestry cartoons (he worked throughout his career for both the Beauvais and Gobelins tapestry factories, becoming director of the latter in 1755), to intimate masterpieces such as Diana Resting (Paris, Louvre) or Leda and the Swan and the occasional scene from everyday life such as The Luncheon (Paris, Louvre), with its elegantly dressed figures grouped around a well-laid table. Enormously successful and widely bought, Boucher’s output was prodigious. First patronized by the Crown in the 1730s, and appointed Premier Peintre du Roi in 1765, he executed numerous royal and princely commissions until his death in 1770, working particularly for Louis XV’s mistress, the Marquise de Pompadour in each of her several palaces. Always ready to utilize his talents in other fields, he designed stage sets for theatre and opera and supplied drawings to be used as designs for figures at the Vincennes (later Sèvres) porcelain factory. As a teacher, he was much loved by his many students, who included Fragonard, Le Prince, Deshays, Brenet, Baudouin, Lagrenee, and Madame de Pompadour herself. In his earliest surviving works with their colourful rococo palette, even David, a distant cousin, was clearly influenced by Boucher. Not since Le Brun had a single French artist held such a monopoly on the imagery of a particular society or left such a mark on the art of his time.
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Creator: François Boucher
Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century
Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century

Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century

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Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, François Boucher

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Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century
Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century

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Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher

Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher

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Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher

By François Boucher

Located in Miami, FL

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Set of 4 Tapestries Signed by Beauvais Manufacture aft. F.Boucher, France, 1770
Set of 4 Tapestries Signed by Beauvais Manufacture aft. F.Boucher, France, 1770

Set of 4 Tapestries Signed by Beauvais Manufacture aft. F.Boucher, France, 1770

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Set of 4 Tapestries Signed by Beauvais Manufacture aft. F.Boucher, France, 1770

By François Boucher, Beauvais Royal Manufactory

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Each panel : Each panel = Height : 206 cm (81,1 in.) ; Width : 56 cm (22 in.) ; Depth : 4 cm (1,5 in.) Beautiful set of four tapestries representing children’s pastorals, woven by the Beauvais Manufacture on cardboards by F. Boucher, inspired by his serie of paintings delivered around 1751 to the marquise de Pompadour for her Château de Crécy...

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Pair Of Sèvres Porcelain & Ormolu Candelabra, François Boucher, 18th Century

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$22,207 / set

Pair Of Sèvres Porcelain & Ormolu Candelabra, François Boucher, 18th Century

By François Boucher, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Lisbon, PT

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François Boucher 18th Century Color Engraving Print, Rare Antique

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By François Boucher

Located in Miami, FL

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French 18th Century Neoclassical Engraving Print by François Boucher
French 18th Century Neoclassical Engraving Print by François Boucher

French 18th Century Neoclassical Engraving Print by François Boucher

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French 18th Century Neoclassical Engraving Print by François Boucher

By François Boucher

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Engraving after François Boucher – Young Woman with a Covered Head- 18th century
Engraving after François Boucher – Young Woman with a Covered Head- 18th century

Engraving after François Boucher – Young Woman with a Covered Head- 18th century

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Engraving after François Boucher – Young Woman with a Covered Head- 18th century

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A fine crisp impression of great rarity; it is particularly unusual to find a 18th century color engraving print of this quality and condition in today’s print market. Rare engraving print by famed artist François Boucher. François Boucher was a prolific French painter, draftsman and etcher, considered among the leading artists of the 18th century. He seems to have been one of the first artists to exploit the market for engravings after paintings, which spread his artistic influence throughout Europe at a time when Paris was the style setter...

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