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François Boucher|Gabriel Huquier|Gabriel Huquier

Plate 3: Shepherd tickling a sleeping Shepherdess with a piece of straw, from Troisieme Livre de Sujets et Pastorales (Third Book of Subjects and Pastorals)

1720–72
Etching and engraving
26 × 20.5 cm (10.2 × 8.1 in)

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