The Adoration of the Shepherds
François Boucher · 1758/1760 · black chalk, pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache and white chalk on cream laid paper, laid down
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About this picture
The Adoration of the Shepherds is a public-domain drawing by François Boucher, dated 1758/1760. Black chalk, pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache and white chalk on cream laid paper, laid down. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Adoration of the Shepherds” (1758/1760) 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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