COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
TFC_.Boucher.16-1-15
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TFC_.Boucher.16-1-15
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1999
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1999
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Boucher, François
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Boucher, François
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
European; French
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European; French
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
1703-1770
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1703-1770
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
François Boucher
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François Boucher
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
The Four Seasons (Part 4: Winter)
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The Four Seasons (Part 4: Winter)
Title
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1755
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1755
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1755
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1755
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1755
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1755
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas (lined)
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oil on canvas (lined)
Materials and Techniques
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Subject Terms:
Allegory-Seasons
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Allegory-Seasons
Subject Terms
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Dimensions:
22 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. (56.8 x 73 cm.)
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22 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. (56.8 x 73 cm.)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Frick Collection
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The Frick Collection
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
16.1.15
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16.1.15
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Purchased
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Purchased
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
Signed and dated on the log at the lower right:
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Signed and dated on the log at the lower right:
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.frick.org"target="_new">http://www.frick.org</a>
Rights
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Context:
Jean Daullé's engravings after The Four Seasons identify the owner of the paintings as Madame de Pompadour. The four canvases probably were designed as overdoors for one of the Marquise s many residences, but it is not known which one. Boucher's shield-shaped compositions, of which three are dated 1755, were later extended by another hand onto rectangular canvases; the present curvilinear templates expose only the original body of each. In these representations of the age-old subject of the Four Seasons,Boucher broke with the tradition of depicting the labors performed at various times of the year, characteristically choosing to illustrate pleasant pastimes instead. The amorous subjects of Spring and Autumn, described as pastorales in the sale catalogueof the collection of the Marquis de Marigny (Madame de Pompadour s younger brother and heir), recall the fêtes galantes invented engraved in his youth, but the backgrounds of all of the Seasons, especially the frosted one of Winter, reveal Boucher s particular skills as a landscapist. The bathers of Summer depend from a far older pictorial tradition that would subsequently be continued by Renoir, Cézanne, and Picasso.
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Jean Daullé's engravings after The Four Seasons identify the owner of the paintings as Madame de Pompadour. The four canvases probably were designed as overdoors for one of the Marquise s many residences, but it is not known which one. Boucher's shield-shaped compositions, of which three are dated 1755, were later extended by another hand onto rectangular canvases; the present curvilinear templates expose only the original body of each. In these representations of the age-old subject of the Four Seasons,Boucher broke with the tradition of depicting the labors performed at various times of the year, characteristically choosing to illustrate pleasant pastimes instead. The amorous subjects of Spring and Autumn, described as pastorales in the sale catalogueof the collection of the Marquis de Marigny (Madame de Pompadour s younger brother and heir), recall the fêtes galantes invented engraved in his youth, but the backgrounds of all of the Seasons, especially the frosted one of Winter, reveal Boucher s particular skills as a landscapist. The bathers of Summer depend from a far older pictorial tradition that would subsequently be continued by Renoir, Cézanne, and Picasso.
Context
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Related Document Description:
New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comps. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p. 81. New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.2, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.28-32, p.31 (reproduced).
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New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comps. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p. 81. New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.2, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.28-32, p.31 (reproduced).
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Related Image Identifier Link:
TFC_.boucher.16-1-15.tif
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TFC_.boucher.16-1-15.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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