The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 17, 2024
The First Guard
Date unknown
(French, 1695–1772)
after François Boucher
(French, 1703–1770)
Image: 32.4 x 20.8 cm (12 3/4 x 8 3/16 in.)
In honor of Leona E. Prasse 1964.26
Catalogue raisonné: Le Blanc II.403.67
Location: not on view
Description
Many of François Boucher's decorative designs were published as prints sometimes executed by the painter, etcher, and publisher-dealer Gabriel Huquier. Thus, both these artists played significant roles in the development and spread of the elaborate Rococo style. The First Guard-depicting a rustic band of young and old men who have temporarily shed their weapons to concentrate on a game of dice-typifies the sort of picturesque genre scene at which Boucher excelled. The artist displays his ingenuity by composing a pleasing arrangement of artfully posed figures and carefully placed objects.- The Cleveland Museum of Art (07/16/2016-11/06/2016); Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings.French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).
- {{cite web|title=The First Guard|url=false|author=Gabriel Huquier, François Boucher|year=null|access-date=17 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.26