La Mort de Socrate (esquisse)
François Boucher·1762
Historical Context
La Mort de Socrate from 1762 at the Louvre shows Boucher treating a classical philosophical subject. The death of Socrates was more commonly associated with Neoclassicism, making Boucher's Rococo treatment unusual. 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 th...
Technical Analysis
The philosophical scene is rendered with Boucher's characteristic warm palette. His handling brings Rococo sensibility to the classical subject.
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