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François Boucher

A Warrior

Maker

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)

Title

A Warrior

Year

ca. 1750

Medium

  • black and white chalk on tan laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • black and white chalk on tan laid paper

Materials

crayon, white heightening

Supports

  • Brown paper

Dimensions

39.5 x 26.5 cm (15 9/16 x 10 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink in LL corner: "f boucher"

Stamped with the mark of the mountmaker Jean-Baptiste Glomy (Lugt 1119)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

38.153

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Publications

  • Books

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Alt Author: Johnson, Deborah J.

Exhibition History

Changing Poses
The Artist's Model
Nov 12, 2010 – Jun 06, 2011

Label copy

In this drawing François Boucher’s model is partially clothed and holds props, presumably a bundle of armor and weapons given the helmet and axe by his feet. The artist explored this figural motif in numerous drawings, prints, tapestry designs, and paintings of the mythological subject of Vulcan’s Forge. The rendering of the body demonstrates Boucher’s interest in close study of human musculature and gesture following his appointment as a professor at the Royal Academy in 1737.

Although this sheet may look at first glance like a spontaneous sketch, its composition and level of control suggest that it was in fact carefully prepared, perhaps as an example drawing to be copied by students, or possibly for exhibition and sale as a finished work.

Old Master Drawings
Sep 02, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983
French Master Drawings
May 01, 1954 – May 30, 1954
Exhibition of 18th-Century Drawings and Watercolors
Apr 16, 1948 – Dec 03, 1948
Master Drawing from the Museum and a Private Collection
Jun 19, 1946 – Oct 27, 1946

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
A Warrior, ca. 1750
black and white chalk on tan laid paper
39.5 x 26.5 cm (15 9/16 x 10 7/16 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 38.153

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