ABSTRACT
Chapter three examines Boucher's collection of fine art. In the process, it reveals how certain paintings, drawings, prints, and pieces of sculpture might have shaped his artistic ideas and practices, while also serving his broader interests as a collector. This analysis includes a group of contemporary French works in Boucher's collection that he loaned to the Salon on several documented occasions. This chapter shows how the exhibition of these avant-garde works played a role in the evolution of Boucher's identity as an artist-collector in a public forum devoted to the creation of modern art.
