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BOUCHER (Francois)

(1704-1770)

70. — Rustic Landscape

In the foreground on the left, two washer-women on the edge of the river; on the right, a dog. In the middle distance, a young woman, carrying a basket of flowers, is preceded by a laden ass, a cow, and a flock of sheep, across a stone bridge leading to a water mill.

Signed : F. Boucher 1760.

Canvas, oval, 29 in. by 22 1/2 in.

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