DETAILS
- Artist
- François Boucher
- Date
- 1703
- Medium
- Black chalk with stumping heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper; framing lines in brown ink
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- {"sheet": {"width": 0.326, "height": 0.208}}
- Collection
- Drawings
- Culture
- France
- Credit line
- Gift of Richard Owen
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THE ARTIST
François Boucher
1703–1770 · FranceFrançois Boucher, the celebrated Rococo master, captured the 18th century's taste with his idyllic scenes, mythological tales, and portraits of figures like Madame de Pompadour.
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