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Decoratie van een kamerscherm door Watteau met een jonge man en vrouw naast elkaar onder een boom. Het geheel is omlijst door een ornamentele cartouche.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Oplysninger
- Inventarnummer
- RP-P-OB-56.805
Imens i livet hos Francois Boucher
Hele livet1720–1770 · Virkested
Paris
1725–1731
Travel: Italy
1726–1728
Etchings for the Recueil Jullienne after Watteau
For the first two volumes of the Recueil Jullienne, which reproduced the works of Watteau, Boucher executed about a hundred etchings, including the frontispiece with Watteau's self-portrait; this work became a source of inspiration for him.
1727
Departure for Italy
Because of court intrigues he was able to travel to Italy only in 1727, thanks to the generosity of a third party; in Rome he was especially impressed by the decorative works of Pietro da Cortona and Giovanni Lanfranco.
1765
Director of the Academy and First Painter to the King
He became director of the Royal Academy and succeeded Charles Van Loo as First Painter to King Louis XV — the summit of his official career.
30. maj 1770
Died
