Tuesday, May 13, 2014

FRANCOIS BOUCHER

Portrait of Marie-Louise O'Murphy  (1752)


Boucher 1703-1770 was a French painter in the Rococo style. Known for his classical themes and pastoral scenes, he also painted a number of portraits of his patroness Madame de Pompadour. The subject of today's painting was a mistress of Louis XV of France.

Tomorrow -
The Isle of the Dead
by Arnold Bocklin

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