The music lesson
François Boucher·1701
Historical Context
The Music Lesson from 1701 at the Musee Cognacq-Jay is attributed to the young Boucher's circle. Boucher, the quintessential Rococo painter, defined the decorative style of the reign of Louis XV with his pastoral scenes, mythological compositions, and portraits. 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 generat...
Technical Analysis
The genre scene captures musical instruction with warm palette and decorative elegance. The handling demonstrates Rococo sensibility.
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