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| Keywords: François Boucher - Pastoral - Walters 37391.jpg This composition was one of Boucher's earliest successes At least two versions exist and it also became known through an etching by Louis-Michel Halbou The young Boucher spent three years in Italy on a prestigious scholarship sponsored by the French Academy Paintings like this one show the influence of 16th-century Venetian artists Even the critic Denis Diderot who later become Boucher's most outspoken enemy had only praise for these early Italianate works which he admired for their fresh colors and vigorous brushwork ca 1730 Oil on canvas framed cm 63 5 71 1 8 9 accession number 37 391 14735 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by François Boucher Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1730s paintings from France Paintings of shepherds | ||||
