Rast am Brunnen,

um 1735

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

238,8 x 232,4 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XII

Department

Französische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

BGM 3

Acquisition

1976 als Leihgabe der Bayerischen Landesbank, München

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

François Boucher, Rast am Brunnen, um 1735, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qm45Qwy4No (Last updated on 12.12.2023)

A shepherd’s family is resting at a well set in a Mediterranean landscape with ancient ruins, pine trees and cypresses. Together with ‘Rural Idyll’ (facing, at the other end of the room) this picture originally belonged to a four-part decorative cycle of paintings. The other works are preserved in other museums; they depict the ‘Return from the Market’ and a ‘Contented Fisherman’. The series of pictures was created following Boucher’s return from his stay in Italy.