Plate 3: Shepherd tickling a sleeping Shepherdess with a piece of straw, from Troisieme Livre de Sujets et Pastorales (Third Book of Subjects and Pastorals)

Plate 3: Shepherd tickling a sleeping Shepherdess with a piece of straw, from Troisieme Livre de Sujets et Pastorales (Third Book of Subjects and Pastorals) by François Boucher|Gabriel Huquier|Gabriel Huquier

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

Plate: 10 1/4 × 8 1/16 in. (26 × 20.5 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (34 × 24.4 cm)

Classification

Prints|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Accession Number

49.108.2(15)

Tags

AnimalsMenWomenShepherds

About the Artist

François Boucher|Gabriel Huquier|Gabriel Huquier · 17031770

François Boucher (1703–1770) stands as the quintessential master of French Rococo painting and the most celebrated decorative artist of the 18th century. Born in Paris to a lace designer, Boucher created a visual language that perfectly embodied the refined taste, sensuality, and elegance of Louis XV's court. His prolific output—encompassing paintings, tapestry designs, theatrical sets, and decora...

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