Madame de Pompadour, François Boucher, and others
Offrande au Dieu Terme
1754
Scroll
- Artist: Madame de Pompadour
- Artist: François Boucher
- Artist: Jacques Guay
Offrande au Dieu Terme
1754
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 255 x 200 mm. (10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Plate: 130 x 109 mm. (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.13394
After having learned the basic etching skills under the tuition of Boucher and Cochin-her earliest dated prints (1751) are etchings after Boucher's drawings-Pompadour completed her "Suite D'Estampes Gravées Par Madame La Marquise De Pompadour d'Après les Pierres gravées de Guay Graveur du Roy" in 1755, including a frontispiece and fifty-two etchings retouched with burin after the cameos and engraved gemstones of Jacques Guay (1711-1797).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Signed: 1
Inscribed: In plate, at lower center: "Offrande au Dieu Terme"; in plate, at lower left: "Boucher del"; in plate, at lower right: "Pompadour Sculp."
Markings: None
