Breakfast, from "Gazette des Beaux-Arts"
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 6 15/16 in. (27.2 × 17.6 cm) Plate: 8 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (21.5 × 16.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Weston J. Naef, 1985
Accession Number
1985.1123.49
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Breakfast," an exquisite etching from the prestigious *Gazette des Beaux-Ar* published in 1897, a charming domestic scene originally painted by the Rococo master François Boucher (17031770). Boilvin's skilled reproduction brings Boucher's elegant vision to life, depicting a cozy interior gathering around the breakfast table with men, women, and children a meal. Boucher's style, emblematic of 18th-century French Roc, revels in playful intimacy, soft lighting, and opulent details that celebrate everyday pleasures amid aristocratic refinement. This print exemplifies the reproductive etching tec...
About the Artist
Emile Boilvin|François Boucher|Gazette des Beaux-Arts · 1845–1899
Comment on works: painter; etcher