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Born in 1703, François Boucher was a known for his portraits as well as his mythological, allegorical, classical, & pastoral paintings.

📷 Credit: , "The Setting of the Sun" by 1752.

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2021-09-30

🎨 French painter and set designer, was 29 September 1703.

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2021-09-29

Looks like it trotted out of a Rococo painting. Take this for example: ‘Pense t-il aux raisins?’ 1747 . Right?

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2021-02-01

Great patron of the arts and mistress to Louis XV, was born 1721.

This painting, by French artist was painted in 1759.⁠

Discover more here: https://t.co/T8sFNwTULW

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2020-12-29

The Wallace Collection houses one of the world’s most important collections of paintings by the French artist and this is beautifully reflected in our Boucher inspired shop range.

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2020-11-12

Happy birthday to an artist who is said to epitomize the taste of eighteenth-century France. The Rococo painter favored a palette of blues and pinks, as seen in this colorful canvas. 🎨
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François Boucher, Poetry, 18th century. Oil on canvas

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2020-09-30

Great patron of the arts and mistress to Louis XV, was born 1721. This painting, by French artist was painted in 1759.

You can find this piece on display in the Oval Drawing Room.

https://t.co/mjLqLacVrT

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2019-12-30

🎉 🎂 Joyeux anniversaire born in 1705. Pictured: ‘Les Sabots’ 1768 . Another snapshot from the master’s “bucolic never-never land.” Painted just after the premiere of the opéra-comique ‘Les Sabots’ by M-J Sedaine & J. Cazotte🎶

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2018-09-30

Happy birthday French Rococo painter born 29 September 1703. "The Bath of Venus" is on view .

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2015-09-29