Fire
ca. 1748
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 12 13/16 × 10 3/8 in. (32.5 × 26.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.646.1(2)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching and engraving titled *Fire*, created around 1748 by Jean Daullé after a design by François Boucher, captures the playful spirit of the Rococo era. Boucher, a leading French artist of the time, was celebrated for his lighthearted mythological scenes and elegant compositions favored by aristocratic patrons. Daullé’s reproductive print translates Boucher’s original painting into a detailed black-and-white image, allowing wider audiences to enjoy the work through the popular medium of prints. The subject likely forms part of a series representing the four elements, with Cupid as the ...
About the Artist
Jean Daullé|François Boucher (French|French) · 1703 |1703 –1763 |1770
French, Abbeville 1703–1763 Paris|French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris