Allegory of Autumn: Putti Playing with a Goat
François Boucher·1730
Historical Context
Allegory of Autumn with Putti and a Goat from 1730 shows Boucher painting seasonal allegory with playful putti. His decorative allegories were designed for the palaces and townhouses of the French aristocracy. 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 artistic taste for a generation, though his influence waned sharply under the Neo...
Technical Analysis
The decorative composition groups playful putti with seasonal attributes. Boucher's warm palette creates a scene of Rococo decorative charm.
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