L'Amour à l'épreuve
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 49.1 × 33.7 cm (19 5/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.2186
Art Historical Context
**L'Amour à l'é (Love Put to the Test Created between 1726 and 1750, this enchanting engraving by Jacques-Firmin Beauvarlet reproduces an original design by Pierre-Antoine Baud, a leading French Rococo artist. Baudouin (1723–1769), a pupil of François Boucher, specialized in playful, intimate scenes of love and mythology that captured the lighthearted elegance of mid-18th-century France. The Rococo style, with its curving forms, soft colors, and themes of amorous intrigue, reflected the refined tastes of the aristocracy during Louis XV's reign, blending sensuality with whimsy. Beauvarlet (...