Book of Fountains: No. 3 (c. 1736): Art, History and Details

Book of Fountains: No. 3 (c. 1736) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); François Boucher (French, 1703–1770).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Boucher was one of the most prolific designers of ornament prints. With their aquatic motifs and gracefully curving and scalloped forms, these designs for fantastic, even bizarre fountains perfectly illustrate the whimsical Rococo approach. Derived from the French word for shell, rocaille, the Rococo was a light, playful style filled with shell motifs (which stemmed in part from a vogue for collecting shells), naturalistic curves, scrolls, and plant forms.

Object facts

• Title: Book of Fountains: No. 3
• Date: c. 1736
• Creator attribution: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
• Culture: France
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1953.673

Collection credit

Gift of Erich Lederer

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