Book of Fountains: No. 4

Cleveland Museum of Art

Book of Fountains: No. 4

Gabriel HuquierLinkedCulture matchlcp-77a28c462b41

Date
c. 1736
Medium
etching
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
130987

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French prints promoting l’art rocaille (rock and shell art) or goût pittoresque (picturesque taste) quickly migrated throughout Europe and influenced the development of an international rococo style. The drawing on the left is one of Boucher’s designs for a printed suite of ornamental fountains, two of which are on display here. Boucher melds the shapes of animals, rocks, shells, mythological beasts, and humans into fanciful cascades with a sense of unstable equilibrium.

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Gift of Erich Lederer

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