Artworks · François Boucher

A Woman and Children Playing with a Chinese Gong

1800 · Etching in red ink on wove paper

sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 5/16 in. (39.5 x 28.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman Playing with a Cat

1800 · Etching printed in red ink on wove paper

sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 5/16 in. (40 x 28.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Bird Catcher, from The Noble Pastoral

1778 · Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

572.2 × 369.7 cm (225 1/4 × 145 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Snuff Box

1775 · gold or gilt metal mounts; sides and bottom enamel over gilt engine turned design; interior lined in tortoiseshell

Overall: 2.6 x 10.5 cm (1 x 4 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cover for a Snuff Box

1775 · gold or gilt metal mounts; top with Vernis Martin style enameled decoration; sides and bottom enamel over gilt engine turned design; interior lined in tortoiseshell

Cleveland Museum of Art

Snuff Box

1775 · gold or gilt metal mounts; cover with Vernis Martin style decoration; sides and bottom enamel over gilt engine turned design; interior lined in tortoiseshell

Overall: 2.6 x 10.5 cm (1 x 4 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Nude Woman Reaching to the Right

1768 · black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk on brown laid paper (formerly blue)

overall: 27.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.) support: 35.3 x 47.3 cm (13 7/8 x 18 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Nymphs and Cupids

1768 · Black and white chalk, partially stumped, on tan paper.

13 1/8 x 9 3/16 in. (33.3 x 23.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Washerwomen

1768 · Oil on canvas

95 x 93 in. (241.3 x 236.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shepherd's Idyll

1768 · Oil on canvas

94 1/2 x 93 1/2 in. (240 x 237.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shepherd's Idyll

1768 · Oil on canvas

94 1/2 x 93 1/2 in. (240 x 237.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Washerwomen

1768 · Oil on canvas

95 x 93 in. (241.3 x 236.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a Funeral Monument

1767 · black chalk and stumping with touches of graphite, heightened with white, on brown laid paper

overall: 29.6 x 17.7 cm (11 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Venus appuyee sur son cher Adonis ...

1767 · black and white chalk on faded blue laid paper

overall: 31.6 x 21.8 cm (12 7/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Venus Commanding Vulcan to Make Arms for Aeneas

1767 · Various brown chalks, with touches of brush and brown chalk wash, heightened with white chalk, on cream laid paper, prepared with a light brown wash ground, laid down on heavy buff laid paper

Primary support: 30.4 × 20.5 cm (12 × 8 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 33 × 23 cm (13 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Bergeret

1766 · oil on canvas

overall: 143.5 x 105.4 cm (56 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.) framed: 172.4 x 134.3 cm (67 7/8 x 52 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Aurora Heralding the Arrival of the Morning Sun

1765 · brown and black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk on buff laid paper

overall (octagonal): 46 x 40.2 cm (18 1/8 x 15 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Archery Contest

1765 · black and white chalks on light brown laid paper (formerly blue)

overall: 25.8 x 85.6 cm (10 3/16 x 33 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Allegory of Painting

1765 · oil on canvas

overall: 101.5 x 130 cm (39 15/16 x 51 3/16 in.) framed: 129.5 x 157.5 cm (51 x 62 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Aurora and Cephalus

1765 · brown chalk with stumping on light beige laid paper, with later framing line in brown ink

overall: 32.7 x 21.9 cm (12 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.) support: 37.6 x 27.1 cm (14 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels

1765 · Oil on canvas

Oval, 16 1/8 x 13 5/8 in. (41 x 34.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Dispatch of the Messenger

1765 · Oil on canvas

Oval, 12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (32.1 x 26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Presentation in the Temple

1765 · pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and black chalk, heightened with white paint; framing lines in pen and brown ink

Sheet: 32.3 x 20 cm (12 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Framed: 66 x 50.9 x 6.4 cm (26 x 20 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels

1765 · Oil on canvas

Oval, 16 1/8 x 13 5/8 in. (41 x 34.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory of Music

1764 · pen and brown ink with red wash on laid paper

overall (oval): 16.7 x 23 cm (6 9/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Allegory of Music

1764 · oil on canvas

overall: 103.5 x 130 cm (40 3/4 x 51 3/16 in.) framed: 130.8 x 157.5 cm (51 1/2 x 62 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tête-à-tête

1764 · black chalk heightened with white on laid paper

overall: 33.5 x 23.1 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.) support: 38.4 x 28.2 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Angelica and Medoro

1763 · Oil on canvas

Oval, 26 1/4 x 22 1/8 in. (66.7 x 56.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jupiter, in the Guise of Diana, and Callisto

1763 · Oil on canvas

Oval, 25 1/2 x 21 5/8 in. (64.8 x 54.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jupiter, in the Guise of Diana, and Callisto

1763 · Oil on canvas

Oval, 25 1/2 x 21 5/8 in. (64.8 x 54.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crêpes

1761 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of graphite on laid paper

Overall: 34.8 x 23.3 cm (13 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.) support: 42.4 x 31.1 cm (16 11/16 x 12 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study of a Draped Woman Leaning on a Pedestal

1759 · Black chalk, with stumping, and white chalk on buff laid paper, laid down onto thick modern laid paperboard

Primary support: 52.3 × 36 cm (20 5/8 × 14 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 54.5 × 38.7 cm (21 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frontispiece, from Nouveau Livre d'Academies Peintes a Rome par les Eleves de l'Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture (New Book of the Academy Painted in Rome by the Pupils of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture)

1759 · Etching and engraving

Sheet: 12 1/16 x 16 7/8 in. (30.7 x 42.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Adoration of the Shepherds

1758 · black chalk, pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache and white chalk on cream laid paper, laid down

overall: 24 x 29.3 cm (9 7/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Danae Receiving the Golden Shower

1757 · red, white, and black chalk with gouache

Overall: 31.5 x 48 cm (12 3/8 x 18 7/8 in.) support: 39.1 x 55 cm (15 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Blanchisseuse

1756 · etching on laid paper

sheet: 31.2 x 22.4 cm (12 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.) mount: 41.2 x 31.6 cm (16 1/4 x 12 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Laundress

1756 · Etching, with traces of engraving, in black on ivory laid paper

Plate: 31.5 × 22.5 cm (12 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 24.7 cm (13 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Young Woman Resting

1756 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 25.6 × 18.2 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 26.6 × 19 cm (10 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Laundress

1756 · Etching, with traces of engraving, in black in ivory laid paper

31 × 22.3 cm (12 1/4 × 8 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [left fragment], from The Story of Psyche

1756 · Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

172.8 × 341.5 cm (68 × 134 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [right fragment] from the Story of Psyche

1756 · Wool and silk; tapestry weave

170.2 × 357 cm (67 × 140 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Laundress

1756 · Etching; first state of two

image: 11 5/8 x 8 7/16 in. (29.6 x 21.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Young Girl Resting

1756 · Etching; first state of two

Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 11/16 in. (28.7 x 22 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace from the Story of Psyche

1756 · Wool and silk; tapestry weave

170.2 × 357 cm (67 × 140 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fountain of Venus

1756 · oil on canvas

Framed: 246 x 228.5 x 6.5 cm (96 7/8 x 89 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 233 x 215 cm (91 3/4 x 84 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Poorly Dressed Peasant

1755 · Etching on tan laid paper

Plate: 11.3 × 7.1 cm (4 1/2 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 13.6 × 9.3 cm (5 3/8 × 3 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Venus

1754 · black chalk with touches of red chalk, heightened with white chalk on gray paper

overall: 22.5 x 40 cm (8 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Allegory of Lyric Poetry

1753 · Oil on canvas

Irregular, 45 1/4 x 62 3/4 in. (114.9 x 159.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art