Summer Pastoral

Completion Date: 1749 Style: Rococo Technique: Oil Material: Canvas Dimensions: 197 x 259 cm

francoisboucherFrançois Boucher (1703–1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture. He also painted several portraits of his illustrious patroness, Madame de Pompadour.