Title: The Dispatch of the Messenger
Object type: Painting
Date: 1765
Artist:  François Boucher 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Oval, 12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (32.1 x 26.7 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph Heine, in memory of her husband, I. D. Levy, 1944
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Doves, term: Men, term: Dogs, term: Sheep, term: Shepherds