Sujet

The Bird Catchers, 1748. Creator: Francois Boucher.

Légende

The Bird Catchers, 1748. Additional Info: Responding to the contemporary rage for pastoral scenes depicting amorous countryside games, François Boucher here exhibited young, fashionable couples in the act of catching birds. In the 1700s, small birds played an important symbolic role in courtship ritual: the gift of a caged bird from a man to a woman signified her capture of his heart. Posed in front of the ruins of the Temple of Vesta, young women dressed in exquisite finery play with small birds; some tether them with strings while others daintily hold them on their fingers.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A63_150

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,1Mo (3,5Mo) / 42,0cm x 37,1cm / 4960 x 4377 (300dpi)

Mots clés

leisure animal countryside female women woman people male young job man men love romance couple fashion religious arts painting bird birds country French France religion temple game games art guy occupation romantic color hunting courtship scene courting ruins ruin dress location century pastoral profession artwork fashionable concept ruined pastime APPAREL birdcage Colour amorous romancing rococo 18th century Eighteenth Century Temple of Vesta bird catcher bird catching Francois Boucher Rococo era Boucher Francois 1740s Painting Heritage Art Boucher Fran?ois Fran?ois Boucher clothing & dress fashion & clothing oil paint (paint) Canvas (Textile Material)