A Mill Lock in the Middle of Willows, plate 97 from Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d’Etudes dessinées d'après nature (Figures of Different Characters, Landscapes, and Studies Drawn from Nature)
François Boucher · 1726 · Etching on ivory laid paper
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About this picture
A Mill Lock in the Middle of Willows, plate 97 from Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d’Etudes dessinées d'après nature (Figures of Different Characters, Landscapes, and Studies Drawn from Nature) is a public-domain illustration by François Boucher, dated 1726. Etching on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“A Mill Lock in the Middle of Willows, plate 97 from Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d’Etudes dessinées d'après nature (Figures of Different Characters, Landscapes, and Studies Drawn from Nature)” (1726) is by Boucher or a print after him. The subject is usually myth or a pastoral, treated as decoration.
About the artist
François Boucher (1703–1770) was a French Rococo painter favored at court. Myth, pastoral scenes, and decorative panels are painted with a light touch in pink and blue.
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