Street art · Paris
Photo: François Boucher, Public domain
La Guirlande
By François Boucher
A cherub spies from behind a curtain while a shepherd crowns his lover with flowers — this Rococo idyll, "La Guirlande," is pure Boucher-style pastoral flirtation, painted for aristocrats who'd never touched a sheep.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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