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