In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Along with Music and Dance (1948.181.1), this work is surely part of a series of over-door paintings that would have been installed in a house. However, where the panels were originally installed or who commissioned them remains unknown. They exemplify the fusion of fine arts and decorative arts that was common in elite interior design in 18th-century France. Even though the paintings were part of the wall decoration of the room, the patrons chose François Boucher, a well-known painter of portraits and genre scenes, as well as mythological and religious subjects, to execute them. These two paintings reflect a style that was popular both at court and among other wealthy patrons through much of the eighteenth century: light, charming, pastoral scenes that mix classical elements with pure fantasy. Both of them feature putti, chubby baby characters that add a touch of humor to the images.
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François Boucher — The Bath of Venus
Drie kinderen spelend met een vogelnestje
François Boucher — Angelica and Medoro
Drie kinderen ruziënd om een vogelnestje
François Boucher — Allegory of Lyric Poetry
Hendrik van Limborch — Putti Playing
François Boucher — Allegory of Autumn
François Boucher — Allegory of Music
Jean Honoré Fragonard — Diana and Endymion
anonymous — Christian Allegory with two Children both Pourin
François Boucher — Venus on the Waves
Jacopo Amigoni — Flora and Zephyr
