François Boucher
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François Boucher was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and
Portrait by Gustaf Lundberg (1741)
Portrait of Marie-Jeanne Buzeau, wife of Boucher by Alexander Roslin
The Blonde Odalisque or Resting Girl, (thought to be Marie-Louise O'Murphy) c. 1752
The Secret Message, 1767 (Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig)
The Blonde Odalisque
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The Blonde Odalisque, or Resting Girl, are two oil-on-canvas paintings by the French painter François Boucher. The paintings feature a naked woman on her stomach on a couch. The first was made in 1751
François Boucher
…dark-haired version of the Odalisque portraits prompted claims by the art critic Denis Diderot that Boucher was "prostituting his own wife", and the Blonde Odalisque was a portrait that illustrated the extramarital relationships of the King. Boucher gained lasting notoriety through such private commissions for wealthy…
The 1751 version of the painting, which is currently held in the Wallraf–Richartz Museum in Cologne.