Aurora and Cephalus
François Boucher · c. 1766 · brown chalk with stumping on light beige laid paper, with later framing line in brown ink
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About this picture
Aurora and Cephalus is a public-domain drawing by François Boucher, dated c. 1766. Brown chalk with stumping on light beige laid paper, with later framing line in brown ink. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Aurora and Cephalus” (c. 1766) 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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