File:Pierre Jean Boquet - Pollard Willow - 1980.237 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

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Pierre Jean Boquet: Pollard Willow  wikidata:Q60474440 reasonator:Q60474440
Artist
Pierre Jean Boquet
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Title
Pollard Willow
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description

Little is known about Boquet's life, and his artistic origins remain obscure. His style and technique suggest that he received formal training, but where and with whom is unclear. An inscription on a painting attributed to Boquet implies that he spent time in Rome, where he would have seen works by 17th-century French artists such as Claude Lorrain. This may explain the gentle, bucolic atmosphere and the warm, golden light in Pollard Willow, characteristics of which recall the paintings of Lorrain and his contemporaries.

The severe pruning or pollarding of trees, especially willows, was a common practice before the Industrial Revolution (about 1750-1850). The procedure allowed the tree to produce large numbers of shoots, which were used in basketry, fence construction and as fodder for farm animals.
Date after 1804
date QS:P571,+1804-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1804-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions Unframed: 29.6 x 26.8 cm (11 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Accession number
1980.237
Place of creation France, 19th century
Credit line Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
References https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.237 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.237

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