Francois Boucher
(French, 1696 — 1772)
Landscape with a Pond (1746)
Inventory Number: 1137
Oil on canvas.
25 x 19.5 inches (63.5 x 50 cm)
Francois Boucher was a French painter noted for his pastoral and mythological scenes. His work embodies the frivolity and sensuousness of the rococo style. Boucher was born in Paris. He studied with Le Moyne but was most influenced by the delicate style of his contemporary Antoine Watteau. In 1765 he was made first painter to the king, director of the Royal Academy, and designer for the Royal Porcelain Works. His success was encouraged by his patron, Marquise de Pompadour, mistress to Louis XV. He painted her portrait several times.
Size can be commissioned smaller or larger.
Collection of the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.