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Collections > Paintings > Landscape with water-mill

Landscape with water-mill

At the right a woman is about to take in her washing before dark, and white doves are sitting on the thatched roof of the water-mill, and the chimney is gently smoking. In centre, mossy and rotting tree trunks and rocks lie at the side of the river. To the left, is a circular ruin building, and below a boy is sitting, and near him is a woman with a child clinging to her. Size: 90.8 x 118.1 cm.

Artist / Maker: Francois Boucher (1703-1770)

School: French

Place: France

Object Type: oil on panel

Period: Louis XV

Actual Date: 1743

Century: 18th century

Materials: Canvas, Oil

Museum Accession Number: B.M.486