Shepherd boy playing bagpipes

Boucher, François (1703-1770)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1754
Height:
55.2 cm  (21 3/4 in.)
Width:
49.8 cm  (19 5/8 in.)
Framed: 72.7 x 66.7 x 6.7 cm
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Description

Description from museum website:
Playful pastoral scenes, like the one in this painting, feature prominently in the designs Boucher created for tapestries, prints, and porcelain services. This image of a little shepherd boy playing the bagpipes to a small spaniel was reproduced in a wide array of forms. In addition to etchings and copies, the motif was used for a series of tapestries called Boucher’s Children created by the Parisian Gobelins manufactory. It was also adapted into a porcelain figure and a design for the top of a snuffbox.

Iconclass

47I221
herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
48CC7525
one person playing wind instrument - CC - out of doors
48CC7354
bagpipe, musette - CC - out of doors
47I213
sheep
34B11
dog
31D11221
boy (child between toddler and youth)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5854