Les Amans Surpris
date: label: Date
content: after 1751
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A pastoral scene with three figures in a landscape known as ‘Les Amans Surpris’ (The Surprised Lovers) in a later print. A couple, a young woman and man sit among high grasses, the woman sitting between his legs, with his arm around her. They are surprised by a young boy who stands behind them, among the tall grass, with a dog seemingly jumping towards them. The young girl brings her hand to her face, pointing at her mouth, the two look up towards the standing young man. A basket of flowers on the ground in the lower right. Trees and foliage surround them. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-249-17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper