The Presentation in the Temple
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770) · c. 1770 · pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and black chalk, heightened with white paint; framing lines in pen and brown ink
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About this picture
The Presentation in the Temple is a CC0 drawing by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), dated c. 1770. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and black chalk, heightened with white paint; framing lines in pen and brown ink. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“The Presentation in the Temple” (c. 1770) 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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