Drinking Milk
18th century
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 14 5/16 × 8 1/8 in. (36.3 × 20.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.932
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Drinking Milk" is a charming 18th-century etching and engraving that captures the playful spirit of the Rococo period. Created through a collaboration between painter François Boucher and printmaker Jean Daullé, the work reflects Boucher's signature style—lighthearted pastoral scenes filled with children, animals, and an air of graceful innocence. Boucher, a leading figure in French Rococo art, often celebrated the beauty of everyday rural life, and this print exemplifies how his elegant compositions reached wider audiences through reproductive prints. The medium of etching and engraving was...
About the Artist
Jean Daullé|François Boucher (French|French) · 1703 |1703 –1763 |1770
French, Abbeville 1703–1763 Paris|French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris