Book of Fountains: No. 4
Medium
etching
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Erich Lederer
Accession Number
1953.674
Tags
male
About this artwork
French prints promoting l’art rocaille (rock and shell art) or goût pittoresque (picturesque taste) quickly migrated throughout Europe and influenced the development of an international rococo style. The drawing on the left is one of Boucher’s designs for a printed suite of ornamental fountains, two of which are on display here. Boucher melds the shapes of animals, rocks, shells, mythological beasts, and humans into fanciful cascades with a sense of unstable equilibrium.