The Departure of Jacob
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770) · c. 1755 · Pen and brown-black ink, brown ink wash, and red chalk wash, with black chalk on cream laid paper
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About this picture
The Departure of Jacob is a CC0 drawing by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), dated c. 1755. Pen and brown-black ink, brown ink wash, and red chalk wash, with black chalk on cream laid paper. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“The Departure of Jacob” (c. 1755) 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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