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French prints promoting <em>l’art rocaille</em> (rock and shell art) or <em>goût pittoresque</em> (picturesque taste) quickly migrated throughout Europe and influenced the development of an international rococo style. The drawing on the left is one of Boucher’s designs for a printed suite of ornamental fountains, two of which are on display here. Boucher melds the shapes of animals, rocks, shells, mythological beasts, and humans into fanciful cascades with a sense of unstable equilibrium.
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Document identity
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130987
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Book of Fountains: No. 4
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print
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Source metadata
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130987
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print
title
Book of Fountains: No. 4
description
French prints promoting <em>l’art rocaille</em> (rock and shell art) or <em>goût pittoresque</em> (picturesque taste) quickly migrated throughout Europe and influenced the development of an international rococo style. The drawing on the left is one of Boucher’s designs for a printed suite of ornamental fountains, two of which are on display here. Boucher melds the shapes of animals, rocks, shells, mythological beasts, and humans into fanciful cascades with a sense of unstable equilibrium.
date
c. 1736
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80022248
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28347
1888
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Print
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 35.5 x 25.9 cm (14 x 10 3/16 in.); Platemark: 27.1 x 17.3 cm (10 11/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
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France, 18th century
accession
1953.674
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etching
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Book of Fountains: No. 4, c. 1736. Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772), after François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Etching; sheet: 35.5 x 25.9 cm (14 x 10 3/16 in.); platemark: 27.1 x 17.3 cm (10 11/16 x 6 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Erich Lederer, 1953.674
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PR - Etching
catalogueRaisonne
Fonds Français 18tieme siecle XI.457.576-582
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Gift of Erich Lederer
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2026-05-29 06:46:23.114000
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130987
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Prints
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PR - Etching
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etching
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photo
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