The Rape of Europa

Completion Date:1734 Style: Rococo Technique: Oil Material: Canvas Dimensions: 273.5 x 230.8 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.