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Source Description
During his twenties, Boucher spent three years in Italy on a prestigious scholarship sponsored by the French Academy of Art, and paintings like this one show the influence of 16th-century Venetian artists. The critic Denis Diderot (1713–84), who later became Boucher’s most outspoken enemy, praised these early Italianate works, which he admired for their fresh colors and vigorous brushwork. This composition was one of Boucher’s first successes, and it was reproduced as a print by Louis-Michel Halbou (1730–ca. 1809).At least two versions of this painting exist, and it also became known through an etching by Louis-Michel Halbou.
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Document identity
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14735
label
Pastoral
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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14735
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drawing
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normalized
title
Pastoral
description
During his twenties, Boucher spent three years in Italy on a prestigious scholarship sponsored by the French Academy of Art, and paintings like this one show the influence of 16th-century Venetian artists. The critic Denis Diderot (1713–84), who later became Boucher’s most outspoken enemy, praised these early Italianate works, which he admired for their fresh colors and vigorous brushwork. This composition was one of Boucher’s first successes, and it was reproduced as a print by Louis-Michel Halbou (1730–ca. 1809).At least two versions of this painting exist, and it also became known through an etching by Louis-Michel Halbou.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1730
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
63.5
height
71.1
depth
8.9
dimensionsRaw
Framed H: 25 × W: 28 × D: 3 1/2 in. (63.5 × 71.1 × 8.9 cm); Unframed H: 14 7/8 × W: 18 1/8 in. (37.8 × 46 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
2724
collection_ids
EAN
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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