Picture "Resting Girl" (1752), framed
Picture "Resting Girl" (1752), framed
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 499 copies | numbered | certificate | reproduction, Giclée print on canvas | on stretcher frame | framed | size 60 x 73 cm (h/w)
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Picture "Resting Girl" (1752), framed
The woman who posed for Boucher's "Resting Girl" was probably Marie-Louise O'Murphy. In 1753 she became the mistress of Louis XV. Original: Oil on canvas, Munich Alte Pinakothek.
Reproduced using the Fine Art Giclée process, transferred directly onto artist's canvas and mounted on a stretcher frame. Limited edition of 499 copies, numbered on the back and with certificate. Framed in a handmade, golden solid wood frame. Size 60 x 73 cm (h/w).
About Francois Boucher
1703-1770
Francois Boucher's career began with designs for the carpet manufactory in Beauvais, France; later he even became inspector of the Parisian Gobelins Manufactory. However, the French court also held him in high esteem as a painter: In 1765, the son of a copper engraver was appointed director of the Academy and "First Painter of the King", and Madame Pompadour secured his services as a drawing teacher.
Boucher's works, which were highly popular in noble circles throughout Europe, are exemplary of the sensual trait of Rococo.
Epochal term for the art of the 17th century. The Baroque style of art, which originated in Rome around 1600, permeated visual arts, literature and music practically all over Europe within a very short period of time and lasted until 1770 in the visual arts. The last phase is generally characterised by Rococo.
Characteristic features include: the pulsating movement of all forms, the abolition of boundaries between architecture, painting and sculpture, that resulted in the epoch typical "Gesamtkunstwerk" ("total work of art"), and especially the purposeful use of light, which became an important artistic component. The subordination of the individual parts to the whole resulted in the creation of a unified and, at the same time, dynamic space, which is fully expressed in the magnificent buildings of this period.
The Baroque art, with its penchant for grandeur, splendour and rushing abundance, clearly reflects the desire for representation, which was a concern of secular and ecclesiastical, especially the Catholic, patrons of the time, who were strengthened by the Counter-Reformation. In painting, characteristic features of the Baroque, are manifested in the altar and ceiling painting, history and portrait.
Typical representatives include artists such as Anthony van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens as well as Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the field of sculpture.
Giclée = derived from the French verb gicler "to squirt, spurt".
The giclée method is a digital printing process. It is a high-resolution, large-format printout on an inkjet printer with special different-coloured dye- or pigment-based inks (usually six to twelve). The colours are fade-proof, i.e. resistant to harmful UV light. They have a high richness of nuance, contrast and saturation.
The giclée process is suitable for art canvases, handmade and watercolour paper as well as for silk.