In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Lighthearted, erotic decorative schemes remained popular among the French aristocracy throughout the 1700s. In this painting, part of the playfulness comes from the way Boucher painted some of the figures in gray, as if made of stone, while the others are fully human. The artist toyed with the boundaries of painting and sculpture, as well as fiction and reality.The original purpose of this painting remains unclear. While it may have been exhibited as an independent work of art, it probably served initially as a preliminary design for a tapestry.
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Jean-Jacques-François Lebarbier, called Le Barbier L’Aîné (F
François Boucher — Lovers in a Park
Agostino Tassi — Landscape with a Scene of Witchcraft
François Boucher — Jupiter, in the Guise of Diana, and Calli
François Boucher — Shepherd's Idyll
Jean Hughes Taraval — Bacchus and Ariadne
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753–1820) — The Pranks
François Boucher — Angelica and Medoro
Jean François de Troy (French, 1679–1752) — Pan and Syrinx
Eglon van der Neer — Circe Punishes Glaucus by Turning Scyll
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo — Diana e Atteone
Jean-François de Troy — Diana and Actaeon
