Venus at Vulcan

Venus at Vulcan’s Forge A French painter named Francois Boucher, well-known for his rococo style paintings that commonly portrayed rustic and mythological scenes. Francois Boucher was born in France. He was the son of a lace designer. His greatest influence when growing up was Antoine Watteau. He admired his delicate style of painting. When Bocher grew up he decided to leave France and off to Rome. In Rome he studied with the painter Francois …

…by the putto on Venus’s side, who aims his arrow directly at Vulcan’s heart. Vulcan has succumbed to love, a fire more subtle and more powerful that that with which he forges steel”- Kimball Art Museum. This describes the influence and inspiration of his painting. Towards the end of his life his style of painting was widely imitated. At the rise of neoclassicism his paintings became less favored. Francois Boucher died in 1770.