The child Duke of Montpensier taking his porridge

The Child Duke of Montpensier Taking His Porridge, attributed to Francois Boucher, captures a charming domestic moment from the French aristocratic nursery. Boucher's ability to transform even mundane moments into decorative confections made him the supreme visual narrator of Rococo life. Boucher worked rapidly in oil on canvas with a warm fluid technique exploiting the Rococo fashion for softly blended color and sensuous surface. Appointed Premier Peintre du Roi in 1765, he embodied French a...

The intimate genre scene is handled with Boucher's characteristically light, pastel-toned palette and fluid brushwork. The child's plump features and the soft furnishings are rendered with the delicate touch that made Boucher's domestic scenes favorites of French collectors.