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| Keywords: François Boucher - Pastoral Repast - Walters 37838.jpg Boucher was one of the most widely admired and successful artists in mid 18th-century France holding the positions of director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and First Painter to the King He was responsible for decorating many of the royal residences and his art has long been considered synonymous with the French rococo style This late work has traditionally been considered a pair with Walters 37 838 and the pieces may have belonged to the distinguished 18th-century collector Jacques-Onésyme Bergeret de Grandcourt However there is no obvious connection between the two subjects or between their compositions It is possible that the artist did not intend the works to be a pair and that a collector or dealer at some point in their history imposed the association 1769 Oil on canvas cm 65 55 ; framed cm 87 6 77 5 10 8 accession number 37 838 21207 J -O Bergeret Collection Paris Sale Paris April 24 1786 no 66 Eugene Glaenzer Co New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Signed and dated at bottom F Boucher / 1769 Francois Boucher Wildenstein Company New York 1980 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 3D Paintings by François Boucher French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1760s paintings from France 1769 paintings Paintings of women sitting on the ground outdoors Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
