Antique Master Print-LA-CHASSE-BIRD HUNT-ROMANCE-Beauvarlet-Boucher-c.1770

Description Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 37 x 50.8 cm (14.57 x 20 inch). Image size: 37 x 50.8 cm. (14.57 x 20 inch). Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. ROCOCO, HUNTING, GENRE SCENE, BOUCHER, BEAUVARLET, 18TH CENTURY FRENCH PRINT, PASTORAL, LA CHASSE | PCO-B2-40 BACKGROUND INFORMATION After a 1766 painting by Francois Boucher. Companion piece to ‘La Peche’. Originally in the collection of Vassal de Saint-Hubert. Reference: Jean-Richard 1978, no. 292; IFF (Inventaire du Fonds Fran?ais) no. 80. Biography engraver: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (1731-1797) was a French engraver known for reproductive engravings of Rococo paintings. He often collaborated with artists like Boucher and Van Loo. Biography artist: Francois Boucher (1703-1770) was a major French Rococo painter known for pastoral and mythological subjects. He served as First Painter to Louis XV and was admired for his ornate, playful style.