Les deux confidantes
Medium
engraving and etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.2105
Art Historical Context
**Les Deux Confid** is a delicate engraving etching created in 176 by Jean Ouvrier after design by François Boucher the celebrated French Rococo. The title, translating "The Two Confid," evokes an intimate scene featuring two women sharing secrets a motif Boucher favored his playful, elegant depictions feminine grace and daily life Housed in the National of Art's Widener (Department CG-E), print exemplifies the Rococo's emphasis on lightness,, and sensuality during XV's reign. Ber's original works, often for the royal court, mythology, pastoral idyll, and subtle eroticism influencing European...