Artworks · François Boucher

Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude

1745 · Black chalk, with stumping and touches of red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

35.6 × 44.8 cm (14 1/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Armorial Bookplate for Crozat, Baron de Thiers

1743 · Graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, perimeter mounted on board

13.3 × 8.1 cm (5 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with a Rustic Bridge

1740 · black chalk heightened with white on cream laid paper

overall: 20.3 x 27.2 cm (8 x 10 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy

1740 · oil on canvas

Framed: 77.5 x 131.5 x 6 cm (30 1/2 x 51 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 69 x 123 cm (27 3/16 x 48 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Music and Dance

1740 · oil on canvas

Framed: 77.5 x 131.5 x 6 cm (30 1/2 x 51 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 69 x 123 cm (27 3/16 x 48 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cupids in Conspiracy

1740 · oil on canvas

Framed: 77.5 x 131.5 x 6 cm (30 1/2 x 51 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 68.8 x 123.2 cm (27 1/16 x 48 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chinese Botanist, from Recueil de diverses figures chinoise du cabinet de François Boucher

1738 · Etching on cream laid paper

20.4 × 13.1 cm (8 1/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Boy with a Carrot

1738 · Pastel on buff laid paper

30.8 × 24.3 cm (12 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Page 34 and Page 35, Premier Livre de Figures d'Académies Gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l’Académie Royale

1737 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate (Page 34): 18.8 × 28.5 cm (7 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Plate (Page 35): 19 × 28.2 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 30.5 cm (9 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Image (Page 34): 17 × 25.7 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Image (Page 35): 16.9 × 26.4 cm (6 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sancho Fleeing from the Servants of the Duke

1735 · black chalk and gray wash heightened with white gouache on light brown laid paper

overall: 27.3 x 33.9 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study of Valet with Coffee Pot

1734 · Red chalk, with black chalk, and touches of graphite, heightened with white chalk, on buff laid paper

34.6 × 19.5 cm (13 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oriental Warrior

1731 · Etching on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 23.6 × 17.7 cm (9 5/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 30.7 × 23.5 cm (12 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells

1731 · Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper

Sheet: 37.7 x 22.2 cm (14 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 39.6 x 24.2 cm (15 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Young Shepherd Playing a Pipe for Two Young Shepherdesses

1730 · black chalk, pen and brown ink, and brown wash, on pink prepared paper, laid down on an old mount

sheet: 23.19 × 16.51 cm (9 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.) mount: 27.5 × 21.3 cm (10 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Aurora

1728 · red and white chalk on brown laid paper, with later framing line in brown ink

overall: 37.5 x 23.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Mill Lock in the Middle of Willows, plate 97 from Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d’Etudes dessinées d'après nature (Figures of Different Characters, Landscapes, and Studies Drawn from Nature)

1726 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 21.5 × 30.8 cm (8 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.); Plate: 23 × 32.8 cm (9 1/16 × 12 15/16 in.); sheet: 31 × 44.5 cm (12 1/4 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fisherboy

1725 · Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white gouache, on blue laid paper

30.2 × 44.4 cm (11 15/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Bacchante

1723 · Red chalk and black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on buff wove paper

19.8 × 14.5 cm (7 13/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Putti

1723 · Red chalk, over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper with blue fibers

25.3 × 18.5 cm (10 × 7 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Domestic Scene: Mother with Two Small Children before a Mantelpiece

1723 · Black crayon, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

22.3 × 18.4 cm (8 13/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Woman

1723 · Red chalk, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper

21.8 × 16.8 cm (8 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Graces on the Tomb of Watteau

1723 · Etching on off-white laid paper

35.3 × 32 cm (13 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Graces on the Tomb of Watteau

1723 · Etching on ivory laid paper

35.3 × 32 cm (13 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Little Savoyard

1723 · Etching on off-white laid paper

Plate: 20.5 × 15.6 cm (8 1/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 26 × 21 cm (10 1/4 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Girl in Profile to Right

1723 · Red chalk on cream laid paper

29 × 24.5 cm (11 7/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Putti with a Bird

1723 · Etching on cream laid paper

18.4 × 14.1 cm (7 1/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flight into Egypt

1723 · Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue gray laid paper, laid down on tan laid card

23.7 × 29.4 cm (9 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Profile Bust of Young Woman

1723 · Graphite on ivory laid paper

14.3 × 9.4 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shepherdesses and Young Man Playing Bagpipe

1723 · Charcoal with brush and gray wash, touches of yellow and blue and pink wash, and traces of pen and black ink, over graphite, on cream laid paper hinged on gray wove paper

22.9 × 30.8 cm (9 1/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Peasant Woman with a Jug

1723 · Etching on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Man Seated on a Chair, plate 69 from Figures de différents caractères...

1721 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 31 × 26.2 cm (12 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.); Plate: 32.5 × 26.9 cm (12 13/16 × 10 5/8 in.); sheet: 52.2 × 34.6 cm (20 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ontwerpen voor illustraties voor de uitgave van 1734 van Molière's toneelstukken

1713 · chalk, paper

height: 315 cm, width: 166 cm

Rijksmuseum

Design for the illustration of "Les Plaisirs de l'Ile Enchantée'' from the 1734 edition of Molière's works (vol. III, p. 104)

1713 · paper, chalk

width: 166 cm, height: 315 cm

Rijksmuseum

Study for La Flèche Whose Pockets are Being Searched by Harpagon

1713 · paper, chalk

width: 185 cm, height: 309 cm

Rijksmuseum

Design for the illustration of "L'Etourdi'' from the 1734 edition of Molière's works (vol. I, p. 3)

1713 · chalk, paper

width: 194 cm, height: 281 cm

Rijksmuseum

Worker at a Forge

1703 · red and white chalks on buff laid paper, mounted on 18th -19th century album sheet

overall: 23.6 x 39 cm (9 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Rustic Cottage

1703 · Black chalk on paper

31.3 × 47 cm (12 3/8 × 18 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Draped Woman, Seen From Back

1700 · Red chalk, with brush and pale brown wash, on cream laid paper, tipped on cream wove card

28.1 × 18.2 cm (11 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Woman Reading

1650 · Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card

15.3 × 13.6 cm (6 1/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago