Fisherman
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 9 1/16 × 9 13/16 in. (23 × 25 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.1032
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the opulent world of 18th-century French Roc art, *Fisherman* (ca. 1753) captures the playful elegance of everyday pastoral life. Designed by François Boucher, the era's preeminent Rococo master renowned for his lavish, sensual scenes, and masterfully engraved by Claude Augustin Duflos leune, this print depicts a young boy fisherman immersed in a serene, idyllic landscape. Boucher's influence shines through in the delicate, curving lines and whimsical charm, evoking the lighthearted escapism favored by aristocratic patrons during Louis XV's reign. Etching and engraving techniques allowed D...
About the Artist
Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune|François Boucher (French|French|French) · 1700 |1703 |1700 –1786 |1770 |1786
French, Paris 1700–1786 Paris|French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris|French, Paris 1700–1786 Paris