LX789, Christmas, 1976

François Boucher (1703-1770)

French painter, noted for his pastoral and mythological scenes, whose work embodies the frivolity and sensuousness of the rococo style.

Boucher, the son of a designer of lace, was born in Paris. He studied with the painter François Le Moyne but was most influenced by the delicate style of his contemporary Antoine Watteau. In 1723 Boucher won the Prix de Rome; he studied in Rome from 1727 to 1731. After his return to France, he created hundreds of paintings, decorative boudoir panels, tapestry designs, theater designs, and book illustrations.

Date of issue: 22 December 1975

Design: after painting of François Boucher (1703-1770)

Engraving: Jean de Vos

Printing & editor: Rodan, Brussels

Size engraving: 48.5 x 32.5 mm.

Circulation: limited edition between 400 and 700*

* These etching where printed on a double folded mould-made paper sheet, on the inside the Christmas wishes were written or printed (see underneath an example). Some people kept the left side of this card, which made the “luxury sheet”; it goes without saying that the majority many were lost or damaged in the mail.

LX789. Imperforated luxury sheet, brown.100F

Etching on mould-made paper

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