{"product_id":"bouchers-four-seasons","title":"Bouchers Four Seasons By Salomon, Xavier F","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new volume in the Frick Diptych series features an illuminating essay by Frick deputy director and Peter JaySharp Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon paired with a newly-commissioned cycle of paintings by Flora Yukhnovich.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrançois Boucher (1703-1770) made the four paintings known as the Four Seasons in 1755 for Madame De Pompadour, King Louis XV?s long-term official mistress. Their original location is unknown, but their peculiar shape suggests that they were used as overdoors, no doubt in one of Pompadour?s many properties in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn place of the labors that traditionally illustrate the theme of the four seasons, Boucher depicts delightful amorous encounters in joyous colors. In \u003ci\u003eSpring\u003c\/i\u003e, a youth, set in an enchanting pastoral setting, adorns his lover?s hair with flowers. A group of voluptuous bathing nudes represents \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eAutumn\u003c\/i\u003e, a young man offers a bunch of grapes to his fashionable beloved. Perhaps the most beguiling of all is \u003ci\u003eWinter\u003c\/i\u003e, which reflects the eighteenth-century European fascination with Russia. A Tartar in pseudo-Russian dress pushes the heroine on an elaborate sleigh. This combination of luxury and seduction?all treated in a fanciful, even humorous manner?is typical of Boucher.\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanying the Boucher paintings is Flora Yuknovich''s contribution, an extraordinary cycle of paintings inspired by Boucher?s Four Seasons, to be displayed at the Frick, in a space on the first floor, occupied between 1935 and 2020 by the Boucher Room.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57836715082110,"sku":"NW9781913875732","price":18.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/bouchers-four-seasons","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}