Related external works: realisation

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, La musique, 1762, Tapisserie. Standort unbekannt

part of the same work group

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, The Collation, 1762, Wolle, Seide, 330,2 x 259,1 cm. Inv. Nr. 64.145.3, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, Girl with Grapes, 1762, Wolle, Seide, 281,9 x 82,6 cm. Inv. Nr. 64.145.6, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, The Parrot, 1762, Wolle, Seide, 279,4 x 53,3 cm. Inv. Nr. 64.145.7, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, The Hunter, 1762, Wolle, Seide, 281,9 x 82,6 cm. Inv. Nr. 64.145.6, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, The Charlatan and the Peep Show, 1762, Wolle, Seide, 283,2 x 407,7 cm. Inv. Nr. 64.145.1, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, The Gypsy Fortune-Teller, 1762, Wolle, Seide, 292,1 x 201,9 cm. Inv. Nr. 64.145.2, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, The Egg Seller, 1762, Wolle, Seide, 276,9 x 76,2 cm. Inv. Nr. 64.145.8, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, The Dance, 1744–1753, Wolle, Seide, 322,6 x 241,3 cm. Inv. Nr. 42.34, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher: Fêtes italiennes, The Gardener, 1762, Wolle, Seide, 280,7 x 185,4 cm. Inv. Nr. 64.145.4, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Violinist, ca. 1736 – 1746

Blatt: 247 x 179 mm

Inventory Number: 1042

Object Number: 1042 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

In the years after Watteau’s death, François Boucher was the most influential painter of the Rococo. As a young man he carried out numerous etchings after drawings by his older colleague, thus acquiring the latter’s technique and style. In the three- chalk technique characteristic of Watteau, Boucher here drew a musician sitting on a wall and tuning his violin. He has appar- ently closed his eyes as he listens to the sounds of his instrument with calm concentration.