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Rinaldo and Armida gained Boucher's admission to the Académie royale

François Boucher ( 1703 in Bordeaux - May 30, 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, and several portraits of Madame de Pompadour.

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Rinaldo and Armida ( Louvre Museum)
The Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Diana Leaving her Bath
Autumn
The Visit of Venus to Vulcan
Christ and John the Baptist as Children
Pastorale
Naiads and Triton
Triumph of Venus
Venus Consoling Love

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