Francois Boucher 1703-1770
β Alastair Laing
π Library
π
1986
π The Metropolitan Museum of Art
π English
Boucher, more than any other artist, exemplified French taste during the Age of Enlightenment, and under the patronage of Madame de Pompadour his career flourished. By the end of Louis XVs reign the sweet, mildly erotic images had lost their appeal, and the artist never regained his former popularit