Francois BoucherFrancia, 1703–1770Hercules and Omphale
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Sul dipinto
Ercole e Onfale (in francese: Hercule et Omphale; in russo Геркулес и Омфала?, Gerkules i Omfala) è un dipinto a olio su tela realizzato dal pittore francese François Boucher nel 1735 circa e conservato al Museo Puškin delle belle arti di Mosca.
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- Ж-2764
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- Museo Puškin delle belle arti
- Immagine: Museo Puškin delle belle arti — © Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Nella vita di Francois Boucher
Tutta la vita1720–1770 · Luogo di lavoro
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.
1730–1740s
Major Official Commissions for Versailles
He received major commissions for the decoration of the apartments of Versailles: The Royal Virtues (1735) in the Queen's chamber, hunting scenes for the Petits Appartements (1736), Venus and Vulcan (1747) in the Dauphin's apartments, and History for the Royal Library (1743–1746).
24 November 1731
Accepted as a Candidate at the Royal Academy
On his return from Italy he was accepted into the revived Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in the class of history painting.
21 April 1733
Marriage to Marie-Jeanne Buzeau
He married the seventeen-year-old actress Marie-Jeanne Buzeau, from whom many of his youthful "nymphs" were painted; the marriage produced three children, and his wife engraved his drawings.
