Apollo
François Boucher · c. 1752 · black chalk and stumping, heightened with white chalk on greenish-gray laid paper
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About this picture
Apollo is a public-domain drawing by François Boucher, dated c. 1752. Black chalk and stumping, heightened with white chalk on greenish-gray laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Apollo” (c. 1752) 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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