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François Boucher

The Departure of Jacob

c. 1755
Pen and brown-black ink, brown ink wash, and red chalk wash, with black chalk on cream laid paper

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The gesture between the couple in this drawing -- in which the man offers the woman a pear -- is seen in several other works by François Boucher.

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