La Veue (Sight) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)
1720â1770
Medium
figures
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Accession Number
1924-15-136
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
François Boucher, one of the leading figures of the French Rococo movement, created “La Veue (Sight)” as part of his series The Five Senses. Active from the 1720s through the 1770s, Boucher was celebrated for his graceful, light-filled compositions that celebrated beauty, pleasure, and the natural world. This allegorical figure, now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, embodies the Rococo taste for elegant, decorative works that brought refined themes into domestic settings. The series explores the five senses through charming personifications, a popular subject in eighteenth-century Europ...