Antique Master Print-PONY-SHEEP-FAMILY-SHEPHERDS-Boucher-Lepicie-1741

Subject: Antique print, titled: ‘La Vie Champetre’, (‘Country Life’) It shows a family of shepherds resting near a cliff edge and ruined building. Their flock consists of sheep, a cow and a pony.
Condition: Excellent, given age. Margins cropped to the image edge. Remargined with vellin type paper. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Medium: Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 25.4 x 36.8 cm. The image size is ca. 25.4 x 34 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10 x 14.5 inch. The image size is ca. 10 x 13.4 inch.
Part Number: 46720
Location: PCO-A101-11
Description: Published by Lepicie and L. Surugue in Paris, 1741..

Artists and Engravers: Made by Elizabeth Lepicie after F. Boucher. Renee Marie Elisabeth Lepicie (French; 1714-1773). Francois Boucher (1703-1770) was a French painter, who was a proponent of the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated decorative artist of the 18th century.