Ländliche Idylle,

um 1735

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

243 x 253,9 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XII

Department

Französische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

BGM 2

Acquisition

1976 als Leihgabe der Bayerischen Landesbank, München

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

François Boucher, Ländliche Idylle, um 1735, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/RQ4XXnp410 (Last updated on 12.12.2023)

Here Boucher depicts the preparation of an evening meal at a small farmstead and uses it to portray the joys of love and the family in a rustic setting. In so doing, he picks up on the pictorial tradition of rural scenes and paintings of cattle from the seventeenth century; the young women already hint at the artist’s later pastoral paintings. This painting was one of a decorative cycle of four works, which also includes ‘Rest at a Well’ (facing, at the other end of the room).