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Aurora and Cephalus, François Boucher, c. 1766
Francois Boucher, portraitFrancois BoucherFrench, 1703–1770

Aurora and Cephalus

c. 1766 · Drawing

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Where is “Aurora and Cephalus” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

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1942.9.992

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Literary and theatrical themesOvidMetamorphoses

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Drawings & watercolorsChalkRococoNeoclassicism18th centuryFrench

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In the life of Francois Boucher

The whole life

  1. 1720–1770 · Workplace

    Paris

  2. 1765

    Director of the Academy and First Painter to the King

    He became director of the Royal Academy and succeeded Charles Van Loo as First Painter to King Louis XV — the summit of his official career.

  3. 1765–1770

    Post: Premier peintre du Roi

  4. 1766 · Workplace

    Northern Low Countries

  5. 1767

    Mentor to Jacques-Louis David

    He became a mentor to the young Jacques-Louis David, the future leader of Neoclassicism.

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Les Forges de Vulcain.

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