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François Boucher

French painter (1703–1770)

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Images by François Boucher

12 images from works
  • Naked putti at work in a garden, representing the element earth. Etching by C. Duflos, ca 1750, after F. Boucher.
  • A young woman stands with a sheep by her side. Crayon manner print by Gilles Demarteau after F. Boucher.
  • A tiger hunt, showing a dismounted hunter being set-upon by tigers (or leopards?), while his fellow exotically-dressed hunters look on in horror. Engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1773, after F. Boucher.
  • A boy pulls at the hand of a girl who is holding eggs in her apron. Engraving by P. Aveline, ca. 1734, after F. Boucher.
  • A woman sitting next to her dressing table being shown fashion accessories by a fashion seller sitting at her feet. Photogravure, 1912, by C. Eggimann after F. Boucher.
  • A crocodile hunt, showing a group of bare-chested hunters and their dogs in an exotic landscape, attacking a crocodile with spears and stakes. Engraving by P. P. Moles, 1773, after a painting by F. Boucher, 1739.
  • Tools for working and polishing gemstones. Engraving by Defehrt after Boucher.
  • Nymphs holding the new born Adonis next to a myrrh tree representing Myrrha his mother amidst great rural splendor. Engraving by G. Scotin after F. Boucher.
  • A country fair: itinerant entertainers act on a stage, women and children look at a peep show, others dance to music provided by a man playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing a small trumpet. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1740, after F. Boucher.
  • A man pours tea for a resting Chinese warrior as a kettle steams on the stove beside them. Coloured etching with ornamentation after F. Boucher, early 18th century.
  • The education of King Louis XV: Venus hands him over to a centaur for education in manly ways. Etching by L. Cars, ca. 1757, after F. Boucher.
  • Sir Isaac Newton. Etching by L. Cars after F. Boucher.

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    A young woman tying a ribbon to a target with an arrow piercing a heart in the centre. Process print after F. Boucher, 1753.

    Boucher, François, 1703-1770. | Date: [1900?] | Reference: 2475290i
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    A country fair: itinerant entertainers act on a stage, women and children look at a peep show, others dance to music provided by a man playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing a small trumpet. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1740, after F. Boucher.

    Boucher, François, 1703-1770. | Date: 1740 | Reference: 32445i
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    Sir Isaac Newton. Etching by L. Cars after F. Boucher.

    Boucher, François, 1703-1770. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 7396i
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    Two children feeding a cat from a spoon. Crayon-manner print (?) by G. Demarteau after F. Boucher.

    Boucher, François, 1703-1770. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 3006459i
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    Nymphs holding the new born Adonis next to a myrrh tree representing Myrrha his mother amidst great rural splendor. Engraving by G. Scotin after F. Boucher.

    Boucher, François, 1703-1770 | Reference: 17252i
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