Chinese Botanist, from Recueil de diverses figures chinoise du cabinet de François Boucher
François Boucher · 1738/45 · Etching on cream laid paper
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About this picture
Chinese Botanist, from Recueil de diverses figures chinoise du cabinet de François Boucher is a public-domain illustration by François Boucher, dated 1738/45. Etching on cream laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Chinese Botanist, from Recueil de diverses figures chinoise du cabinet de François Boucher” (1738/45) 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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