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Paris in the seventeen hundreds

French Rococo

French painting from the middle of the seventeen hundreds, when a portrait was mostly a study of cloth. Boucher's shepherds asleep under a tree, washerwomen at a stream, Nattier's sitters in blue and grey silk, a girl by Fragonard holding her small sister. Soft light, powdered hair, and a great deal of satin catching it.

As a puzzle

Kind to a slow evening. Faces and hands are small and go last, but the cloth is the whole middle of the picture and it changes tone every few centimetres, so most pieces have somewhere to sit. The backgrounds are the hard part, since a brown studio wall gives you very little. Most stand taller than they are wide.

A good size here: 60–300 pieces.

Painters here: Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Subjects here: PortraitsStill LifeEveryday LifeMusic and DanceFlowersAnimalsLandscapesThe SeaWinterTowns and Cities

30 pictures, pick one to build

The Two Sisters Jean Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769–70 Still Life with Silver Alexandre François Desportes, 1720s Still life with musical instruments (one of a pair) French Painter, 18th century, 18th century Ducks Resting in Sunshine Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1753 Dog Guarding Dead Game Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1753 Harbor Scene with a Grotto and Fishermen Hauling in Nets Style of Joseph Vernet January and February (part of a set illustrating the months of the year) Follower of Antoine Watteau, second quarter 18th century Winter Attributed to Anne Vallayer-Coster, 18th century Vase of Flowers and Conch Shell Anne Vallayer-Coster, 1780 The Silver Tureen Jean Siméon Chardin, ca. 1728–30 The Outer Harbor of Brest Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe, 1773 Study of a Woman’s Head Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1780 Jean Marc Nattier (1685–1766) Louis Tocqué, ca. 1740 Portrait of a Woman, Said to be Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727–1772) François Hubert Drouais, 1757 The Toilette of Venus François Boucher, 1751 The French Comedians Antoine Watteau, ca. 1720 Portrait of a Woman Jean Marc Nattier, 1753 The Spring (La Source) Jean Marc Nattier, 1738 Marie Rinteau, called Mademoiselle de Verrières François Hubert Drouais, 1761 Washerwomen François Boucher, 1768 Marie Françoise de La Cropte de St. Abre, Marquise d'Argence (born 1714) Jean Marc Nattier, 1744 Shepherd's Idyll François Boucher, 1768 The Interrupted Sleep François Boucher, 1750 Imaginary Landscape with the Palatine Hill from Campo Vaccino François Boucher, early 1730s Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802) Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1780–82 Roman Interior Jean Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1760 Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog Jean Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769 Allegory of Vigilance Jean Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1772 Portrait of a Young Woman Jean Honoré Fragonard, 1770s The Love Letter Jean Honoré Fragonard, early 1770s