Landscape with a Watermill
Painting by François Boucher
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Landscape with a Watermill is a 1755 landscape painting by the French artist François Boucher.[1][2] It features a picturesque view of an old watermill near a bridge. In the foreground figures are seen fishing or washing clothes in the river. Although an idealised view, it may have been loosely inspired by a real setting somewhere on the River Seine to the west of Paris.[3] Boucher was a leading figure of the rococo style, then at its height in France under the patronage of Louis XV and Madame du Pompadour.
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| Artist | François Boucher |
| Year | 1755 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 57.2 cm × 73 cm (22.5 in × 29 in) |
| Location | National Gallery, London |
The painting is now in the National Gallery in London, which purchased it in 1966. [4]
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