BOUCHER, François
(b. 1703, Paris, d. 1770, Paris)

Are They Thinking About the Grape?

1747
Oil on canvas
Art Institute, Chicago

By this painting the beholder is carried away into an idyllic world of bliss. Boucher is a master of salacious scenes and plays artfully with a number of sensuous charms: the flesh tones of the pale skin, the soft and smooth fabrics, the colours and also the lighting of the painting.