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Lying girl ( Miss O' Myrphy ) by François Boucher

Lying girl ( Miss O' Myrphy )

François Boucher·1743

Historical Context

Reclining Girl (Miss O'Murphy) from 1743 at the Louvre is one of Boucher's most famous paintings, showing a young woman in an intimate reclining pose. The subject was reportedly one of Louis XV's mistresses. Boucher worked rapidly in oil on canvas with a warm fluid technique exploiting the Rococo fashion for softly blended color and sensuous surface. Appointed Premier Peintre du Roi in 1765, he embodied French artistic taste for a generation, though his influence waned sharply under the Neocl...

Technical Analysis

The reclining figure is rendered with luminous flesh tones and intimate observation. Boucher's treatment creates one of the most celebrated Rococo images.

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Department of Paintings of the Louvre

Paris, France

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Quick Facts

Medium: Oil paint
Dimensions: 53 × 65 cm
Era: Rococo
Style: French Rococo
Genre: Genre
Location: Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Paris

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