Country Fair
Fairs and outdoor pastimes were also favored subjects in the work of Boucher, Saint-Aubin’s teacher. In Boucher’s vision, they were pastoral fantasies, set in idyllic Italianate landscapes or foreign lands. In the work of Saint-Aubin, with its genesis in his habit of strolling and sketching, these subjects were not fictional inventions, but scenes from his own time, his own city.
Artwork Details
- Title: Country Fair
- Artist: Pierre Charles Lévesque (French, Paris 1736–1812 Paris)
- Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
- Date: 1762
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: sheet: 11 15/16 x 15 7/16 in. (30.4 x 39.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968
- Object Number: 68.542.40
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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