A Young Shepherd Playing a Pipe for Two Young Shepherdesses
François Boucher · mid-18th century · black chalk, pen and brown ink, and brown wash, on pink prepared paper, laid down on an old mount
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About this picture
A Young Shepherd Playing a Pipe for Two Young Shepherdesses is a public-domain drawing by François Boucher, dated mid-18th century. Black chalk, pen and brown ink, and brown wash, on pink prepared paper, laid down on an old mount. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“A Young Shepherd Playing a Pipe for Two Young Shepherdesses” (mid-18th century) 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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