Croisées de Mansardes
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-254-38
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Croisées de Mans** is a captivating print created around 1775 by Juste Boucher (1736–1782), a French artist and engraver known for his intricate designs in the waning years of the Rococo era. As the nephew of the famed painter François Boucher,e-François carried forward the family's legacy of elegant ornamentation, blending fluid lines emerging neoclassical precision. The title, translating roughly to "Crossings ofard Roofs," evokes the distinctive steep, curved roofs popularized in French architecture during the 17th and 18th centuries, suggesting this work captures intersecting attic struc...