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Lovers in a Park

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Lovers in a Park
The painting in the Timken Museum of Art, 2016
ArtistFrançois Boucher
Year1758 (1758)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions232.5 cm × 195 cm (91.5 in × 77 in)
LocationTimken Museum of Art, San Diego, California, U.S.

Lovers in a Park is a 1758 oil painting on canvas by the French artist François Boucher. It is in the Timken Museum of Art, in San Diego. It depicts a scene that takes place in a park with a luscious vegetation, where a couple of lovers is surprised by a female peasant who is passing by. The painting is a characteristic example of Boucher's Rococo style.[1]

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  1. ^ "Collection: Lovers in a Park". Timken Museum of Art. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2020.