The Dispatch of the Messenger, 1765, Oil on canvas, Oval, 12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (32.1 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris), At the Salon of 1765, this painting was exhibited with three others, to form a narrative. A second oval depicted the arrival of the dove carrying a love letter. In one of the two rectangular canvases, the shepherdess read the letter to her confidante, and the other showed the meeting of the lovers
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