Allegory of Music
François Boucher · 1764 · pen and brown ink with red wash on laid paper
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About this picture
Allegory of Music is a public-domain drawing by François Boucher, dated 1764. Pen and brown ink with red wash on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Allegory of Music” (1764) 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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