Saint John the Baptist
François Boucher · c. 1755 · Oil on canvas
Public domain
Marked Public Domain by the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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About this picture
Saint John the Baptist is a public-domain painting by François Boucher, dated c. 1755. Oil on canvas. The file comes from Minneapolis Institute of Art.
“Saint John the Baptist” (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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