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Obituary
Alastair David Laing (1944–2024)
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1094–6
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Author:
Rowell, Christopher (Rowell, Christopher)
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1. La vie champêtre, by François Boucher. c.1728. Oil on canvas, 61 by 48 cm. (Belton House, Lincolnshire).
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2. Alastair Laing in in the Long Gallery at Osterley Park, where he was responsible for the hang, July 2001. (© Lucy Dickens; National Portrait Gallery, London).
Article
‘The swing’ by Jean-Honoré Fragonard: new hypotheses
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 446–469
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Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
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1. Les hazards heureux de l’escarpolette, by Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1782. Etching and engraving. 62.1 by 45.0 cm. (sheet). (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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10. Menacing Cupid, by Étienne-Maurice Falconet. 1757. Marble, height 185 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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11. Detail of Fig.2, showing the woman gesturing on the swing.
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12. The Neapolitan gesture, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1757. Oil on canvas, 73 by 94.3 cm. (Worcester Art Museum; Bridgeman Images).
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13. The sale of cupids, by Joseph-Marie Vien. 1763. Oil on canvas, 116 by 141 cm. (Château de Fontainebleau; Bridgeman Images).
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14. Duthé lying down, by Lié-Louis Périn-Salbreux. 1778. Oil on canvas, 65 by 75.8 cm. (Musée des beaux-arts, Reims).
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15. Detail of The well-loved mother, by Jean Massard after Jean- Baptiste Greuze. 1775. Engraving with etching on laid paper. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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16. Detail of Fig.2, showing the older man and the dog.
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17. Detail of Portrait of a young woman, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1770s. Oil on canvas. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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18. Detail of Woman with a dog, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. c.1769. Oil on canvas. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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19. The drunken Silenus, accompanied by nymphs and satyrs, by Willem Panneels after Peter Paul Rubens. 1632. Etching, 14.7 by 15.3 (trimmed sheet). (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. The swing, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1767. Oil on canvas, 81 by 64.2 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
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20. Coresus sacrificing himself to save Callirhoe, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1765. Oil on canvas, 309 by 400 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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21. Photomicrograph of The swing (taken near area of foliage in lower left). Photograph taken with a Leica M60 stereomicroscope at 20x magnification by painting conservator Martin Wyld.
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22. Detail of The confessional, by Pierre-Étienne Moitte after Pierre- Antoine Baudouin. 1777. Etching and engraving. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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23. Photomicrograph of The swing (taken in lower-left foliage). Photograph taken with a Leica M60 stereomicroscope at 20x magnification by painting conservator Martin Wyld.
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24. The swing, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1775–80. Oil on canvas, 215.9 by 185.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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25. The good mother, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. c.1773–79. Oil on canvas, 49 by 39 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
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26. Detail of Fig.24, showing the positions of the figural group.
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27. Rest on the flight into Egypt, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1781. Pen, black chalk and brown washes highlighted with watercolour on paper, 42.2 by 34 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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28. L’armoire (The wardrobe), by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1778. Brown ink over black chalk, 34 by 46.5 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle).
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29. Le verrou (The bolt), by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1778. Red chalk, brush, brown ink, touches of pen and brown ink, pen and brown ink framing line, 24 by 36.5 cm. (Courtesy Christie’s, New York).
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3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the younger man.
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30. Les hazards heureux de l’escarpolette, by Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1782. Etching and engraving, 38.8 by 30.4 cm. (Artstor).
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31. La bonne mère, by Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1779. Etching, 67.8 by 53.6 cm (sheet). (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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32. Portrait of François-Marie Ménage de Pressigny. Oil on canvas, 60.5 by 49 cm. (Courtesy Galerie Noblesse des grands siècles, Paris / Valérie Pagé).
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33. La bascule (The see-saw), by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. c.1752. Oil on canvas, 120 by 94.5 cm. (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
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34. Detail of Le billet doux, by Nicolas Delaunay after Nicolas Lavreince. 1778. Etching and engraving. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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4. Detail of The swing, showing layers of yellow varnish partially removed.
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5. Blonde odalisque, by François Boucher. 1752. Oil on canvas, 59 by 73 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).
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6. Woman urinating, by François Boucher. 1760s. Oil on canvas, 51.5 by 40.5 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Le Matin (Morning), by Pierre-Antoine Baudouin. c.1767. Gouache over traces of graphite, paper pasted onto board, 25.9 by 19.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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8. The rising, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1770. Oil on canvas, 74 by 59 cm. (© Los Angeles County Museum of Art; collection of Lynda & Stewart Resnick, Los Angeles).
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9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the gesture of the sculpture of Cupid.
Book Review
L’Amour en scène! François Boucher, du théâtre à l’opéra
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1029-31
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Reviewer:
Shahidi, Raha (Shahidi, Raha)
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L’Amour en scène! François Boucher, du théâtre à l’opéra Edited by Hélène Jagot, Jessica Degain and Guillaume Kazerouni. 240 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Éditions Snoeck, Ghent, and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, 2022), €29. ISBN 978–2–903331–25–2. | :
Illustrations
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12. Apollo crowning the arts, by François Boucher. c.1763–66. Oil on canvas, 64.5 by 82 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours).
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13. Sylvia cures Phyllis of a bee sting, by François Boucher. 1755. Oil on canvas, 104.8 by 141.5 cm. (Banque nationale de France, Paris).
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14. Le Bourgeois gentilhomme after Molière, by Laurent Cars after François Boucher. 1734. Etching and burin, 19.4 by 13.9 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Article
Liotard and Boucher: a question of precedence
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 612-619
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Author:
Stein, Perrin (Stein, Perrin)
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1. A woman in Turkish dress, reading, by Jean-Étienne Liotard. c.1738–41. Red and black chalk with graphite on paper, 17.2 by 23 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Carcassonne).
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10. The Chénier family, by Pierre-Michel Cazes. c.1773. Oil on canvas, 97 by 131 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Carcassonne).
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11. Sultana reading in the harem, by François Boucher. c.1746. Graphite on vellum, 6 by 12.5 cm. (Location unknown; photograph Sotheby’s).
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2. A woman in Turkish dress, reading, by François Boucher. c.1741–42. Black and red crayon with opaque white and touches of blue on paper, 25.4 by 33.2 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
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3. A woman in Turkish dress, reading, by Jean-Étienne Liotard. c.1748–52. Oil on canvas, 50 by 60 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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4. A woman in Turkish dress, reading, by Jean-Étienne Liotard. c.1738–41. Black and red chalk on paper, 17.6 by 22.8 cm. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne).
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5. Sultana reading in the harem, by Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, after François Boucher. c.1746. Etching and engraving, 6.6 by 13.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. The Chinese gallant, by François Boucher. 1742. Oil on canvas, 104 by 145 cm. (Davids Samling, Copenhagen).
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7. Detail of Fig.6, showing the reclining woman.
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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing the reclining woman.
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9. Monsieur Levett and Mademoiselle Hélène Glavani in Turkish costume, by Jean-Étienne Liotard. c.1740. Oil on board, 35.5 by 36 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
Madame de Pompadour: Painted Pink
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 212
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Reviewer:
Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
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Madame de Pompadour: Painted Pink Edited by A.C. Albinson. 88 pp. incl. 44 col. ills. (Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA, 2022), $25. ISBN 978–0–300–26381–7. | :
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6. Pompadour at her toilette, by François Boucher. 1750, with later additions. Oil on canvas, 81.2 by 64.9 cm. (Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA).
Article
Paintings in Beauvais tapestry, 1764–67
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 462-472
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Author:
Bertrand, Pascal-François (Bertrand, Pascal-François)
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Bremer David, Charissa (Bremer David, Charissa)
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1. Portrait of Louis XV, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at the Gobelins, studio of Pierre-François Cozette, after Louis-Michel Vanloo. c.1771–73. Silk and wool tapestry, 80 by 70 cm. (Château de Fontainebleau).
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10. Portrait of a young woman, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Beauvais. 1767. Silk and wool tapestry, photographed in 1913. (Whereabouts unknown).
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11. A girl with a rose, attributed to the workshop of François Boucher. 1760s. Pastel on paper, 53 by 45 cm. (Whereabouts unknown).
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12. The birth of the granddaughter of the Marquis de Courteille, by the Sevres Porcelain Manufactory, painted by Charles Nicolas Dodin. 1765. Porcelain, with polychrome enamel decoration, 23.5 by 26 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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13. The Chinese repast, from The Chinese series, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Beauvais, after François Boucher. 1763–65. Silk and wool tapestry, 306 by 452 cm. (Whereabouts unknown).
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14. Sleep (Amorino offering flowers to a sleeping nymph), by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Beauvais, after François Boucher. 1773. Silk and wool tapestry, 55.9 by 72.4 cm. (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston).
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15. Sleeping nymph, by Gilles Demarteau after François Boucher. 1756– 76. Crayon-manner print, 28.8 by 42.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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2. Two nymphs from the Scenes from operas series, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Beauvais, after François Boucher. 1765 or 1767. Silk and wool tapestry, 64.8 by 50.2 cm (Taft Museum, Cincinnati).
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3. The flute player from The noble pastoral series, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Beauvais, after François Boucher. 1765 or 1767. Silk and wool tapestry, 64.8 by 50.2 cm. (Taft Museum, Cincinnati).
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4. Detail of The flute player, from The noble pastoral series, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Beauvais, after François Boucher. 1758–78. Silk and wool tapestry, 338 by 333 cm. (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).
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5. Two nymphs and The flute player, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Beauvais, after François Boucher. 1765 or 1767. Silk and wool tapestry, panels mounted in a double screen, each 69 by 54 cm. (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire; photograph the authors).
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6. Rinaldo asleep, from the Scenes from operas series, by the Beauvais Royal Tapestry Manufactory, after François Boucher. 1755–56. Silk and wool tapestry, 281 by 472 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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7. The dog and the pheasant, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Beauvais. 1765–77. Silk and wool tapestry panel for a fire-screen in a nineteenth-century frame, 133.4 by 81.9 by 44.5 cm. (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).
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8. The flute player, from The noble pastoral series, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Beauvais, after François Boucher. Silk and wool tapestry in a gilt-wood frame. Photographed before 1934. (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).
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9. François Boucher’s daughter, by the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at the Gobelins, studio of Pierre-François Cozette, after François Boucher. 1769. Silk and wool tapestry, 48.9 by 38.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
L’Amour peintre: L’imagerie érotique en France au XVIIIe siècle
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 770-771
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Reviewer:
Laing, Alastair (Laing, Alastair)
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L’Amour peintre: L’imagerie érotique en France au XVIIIe siècle By Guillaume Faroult. 572 pp. incl. 320 col. + b. & w. ills. (Cohen & Cohen, Paris, 2020), €160. ISBN 978–2–36749–073–1. | :
Exhibition Review
François Boucher: A Rococo Artist
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 742-745
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Reviewer:
Rimaud, Yohan (Rimaud, Yohan)
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François Boucher: A Rococo Artist Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe 14th November 2020–30th May 2021 | :
Illustrations
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10. Sylvia cures Phyllis of a bee sting, by François Boucher. 1755. Oil on canvas, 103 by 138 cm. (Banque de France, Paris; exh. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe).
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11. Adoration of the Magi, by François Boucher. c.1755–60. Oil and black crayon on paper, 48.7 by 40 cm. (Museum Heylshof, Worms; exh. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe).
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9. Violin player, by François Boucher. c.1736. Red and white crayon and pencil, 24.7 by 17.9 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt; exh. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe).
Exhibition Review
Une des provinces du rococo: La Chine rêvée de François Boucher
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 539-541
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Reviewer:
Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
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Une des provinces du rococo: La Chine rêvée de François Boucher Edited by Yohan Rimaud and Alastair Laing. 288 pp. incl. 270 col. + b. & w. ills. (In Fine, Paris, and Musée des Beaux- Arts et d’Archéologie, Besançon, 2019), €29. ISBN 978–2–902302–29–1. | :
Illustrations
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4. Audience with the Chinese emperor, by François Boucher. 1742. Oil on canvas, 40 by 65 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie de Besançon).
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5. Pair of vases (Pots Pourris à Bobèches) with decorations after designs by François Boucher, by Charles- Nicolas Dodin. Manufacture Royale de Porcelaine de Sèvres, 1761. Soft paste porcelain, height 23.2 and 23.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, RMNGrand Palais; photograph Martine Beck- Coppola).
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6. La toilette, by François Boucher. 1742. Oil on canvas, 52.5 by 66.5 cm. (Museo Nacional Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid).
Exhibition Review
The Realm of the Senses: From Boucher to Greuze
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 450-453
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Reviewer:
Michel, Christian (Michel, Christian)
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The Realm of the Senses: From Boucher to Greuze Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris (dates to be announced) | :
Illustrations
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1. Study of a foot, by François Boucher. c.1751– 52. Pastel, 29.5 by 29 cm. (Mus e Carnavalet, Paris; exh. Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris).
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2. Hercules and Omphale, by François Boucher. 1731–35. Oil on canvas, 90 by 74 cm. (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; exh. Musée Cognacq- Jay, Paris).
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3. Sleeping Venus, by François Boucher. c.1740. Oil on canvas, 36 by 49 cm. (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; exh. Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris).
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4. L’armoire, by Jean Honoré Fragonard. 1778. Etching, 35 by 46 cm. (British Museum, London).
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