L’École (The School)

c. 1766

François-Philippe Charpentier, after François Boucher, published by Pierre-François Basan

Associated Names
François-Philippe Charpentier

Artist, French, 1734 - 1817

Pierre-François Basan

Publisher, French, 1723 - 1797

François Boucher

Artist After, French, 1703 - 1770

This is a drawing of a domestic interior scene with children and a teacher. The image portrays a group within a room engaged in various activities. A seated adult figure appears to be teaching or showing something to a child standing in front of them, while another child stands nearby with a book or paper. Other children sit or kneel around them, possibly engaged in study or busy with books. The setting includes shelves containing books and pots, a window, and drapery hanging in the background. The arrangement of figures and detailed rendering of domestic objects and furnishings suggest a cozy atmosphere of education or domestic life.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 × 19.6 cm (9 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
    plate: 26.8 × 20.9 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 34.8 × 27.7 cm (13 11/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.91.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700): 34

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, undesc.

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 45

1930

  • IFF (1700): no. 34

1978

  • Jean-Richard, Pierrette. L'Oeuvre grave de Francois Boucher, dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris, 1978: no. 465

Inscriptions

In plate, in image, at lower left: F. Boucher inv.; in plate, in image, on book: F. P. Charpen / tier sculp in plate, below image, at center: L'ECOLE / à Paris chez Basan; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 3fot(?)

Watermarks

AUVERGNE 1742

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