In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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.
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Jacques Gabriel Huquier|François Boucher|Buldet — First Guar
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince — Le Joueur de Chalumeau
Jacques Dassonville — Man drinking from a pitcher
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) — Joseph Telling his D
Cornelis Bloemaert — Soldiers Playing Cards, from the series
Hubert Robert — Young Artists in the Studio
François Boucher|Jacques Gabriel Huquier — Second Guard-Room
Jean Jacques de Boissieu — The Botany Lesson
Thomas Wijck — Players at Cards
François Boucher|Gabriel Huquier — Tea
Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642) — The Holy Family
Robert Blyth|John Hamilton Mortimer — Two Soldiers and Child
