Flight into Egypt
François Boucher · n.d. · Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue gray laid paper, laid down on tan laid card
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Flight into Egypt is a public-domain drawing by François Boucher, dated n.d.. Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue gray laid paper, laid down on tan laid card. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Flight into Egypt” (n.d.) 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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