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Description: | This is a competent copy of two of a series of four compositions painted in 1755-56 for the Hotel de Toulouse (now the Banque de France) in Paris. Only the first two of the series remain there. The original of this work, painted in 1756, is now in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Tours, and was engraved by Louis Lempereur in 1779. The subject is taken from the pastoral play Aminta written by Torquato Tasso in 1581. Aminta, the lover of Sylvia, having thrown himself off the rock and believed to be dead, is reviving in the arms of Sylvia, with Elpino and Daphne looking on. Eighteenth-century pastoral poetry highlighted the differences between the sophisticated city life and the idealized countryside. Boucher was a master of such scenes and his contribution in the history of art is outstanding. | Subjects: | mythology | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Boucher, François (French painter, engraver, and designer, 1703-1770) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8796... | Go to resource |
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