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Print, Rocaille (rococo design), in Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravents (New concepts for screens)
This is a Print. It was designed by François Boucher and engraved by Claude Augustin Duflos. It is dated 1730s and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is etching, engraving on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Masterful Balance.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- Drawing, Fountain Design with Three Bronze Animals
- chalk, brush and gray wash on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-6
- Print, Two Designs for Ewer-shaped Ornaments, Album of Ornament
- etching, engraving on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-317-28
- Drawing, Elevation of the Maritime Fountain, for the Place de la Concorde, Paris
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, highlighted with white gouache on paper.
- Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt and Smithsonian Institution....
- 1997-1-1
Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Atmospheric Reentry, from Atmospheric Reentry collection
- acetate, acrylic, silver, plastic.
- Courtesy of Maiko Takeda.
- 10.2015.2a,b
- Print, Hommage Champètre
- etching and engraving on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-203-7
- Print, Triomphe de Pomone
- etching and engraving on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-203-5
Its dimensions are
49.4 x 24.8 cm (19 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.) Frame: 60.3 x 44.8 x 2.5 cm (23 3/4 x 17 5/8 x 1 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed on plate, lower left: F. Boucher inv.; lower center: ROCAILLE; lower right: Cl. Duflos sculp.
Cite this object as
Print, Rocaille (rococo design), in Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravents (New concepts for screens); Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); Engraved by Claude Augustin Duflos (French, 1700–1786); France; etching, engraving on white paper; 49.4 x 24.8 cm (19 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.) Frame: 60.3 x 44.8 x 2.5 cm (23 3/4 x 17 5/8 x 1 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-11
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Hewitt Sisters Collect and Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.
