Farm Courtyard
François Boucher · c. 1750 · Black chalk on cream laid paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Farm Courtyard is a public-domain drawing by François Boucher, dated c. 1750. Black chalk on cream laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Farm Courtyard” (c. 1750) 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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