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LOVE LETTER

Creator(s): Unknown (Painter) , François Boucher (After)

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall


About this object

In the center foreground are two young shepherdesses, in 18th century costume, one in a blue dress, the other in white and pink. The girl at the left is tying a blue ribbon around the neck of a dove while the one at the right has a sealed envelope to be tied to the ribbon. At the left are sheep and a dog. At the right background is a pedestal with a lion and trees. At the left an open landscape.

Object name:
LOVE LETTER
Made from:
Oil on canvas
Made in:
France
Date made:
after 1750
Size:
66.7 x 57.2 cm (26 1/4 x 22 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
51.6
Class:
PAINTING
Signature marks:
LABEL Boucher [On back] label Lady Stanley Errington [printed label on rear of painting]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973