The Setting of the Sun

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The Setting of the Sun is a Rococo painting by François Boucher that exemplifies his lush, mythological scenes filled with sensuous figures and soft, radiant light.

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The Setting of the Sun canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rococo painting
painting
artHistoricalContext 18th-century French art
artStyle Rococo
associatedWithArtist court painter to Louis XV
countryOfOrigin France
creator François Boucher
creatorNationality French
depicts mythological figures
sensuous figures
depictsTimeOfDay sunset
genre mythological painting
hasArtisticCharacteristic decorative elegance
dynamic composition
idealized bodies
hasTheme mythology
sensuality
languageOfTitle English
movement Rococo
notableFor lush composition
soft radiant light
originalTitleLanguage French
sharesStyleWith The Rising of the Sun
subjectMatterCategory allegorical painting
usesColorPalette soft light tones

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François Boucher notableWork The Setting of the Sun
The Rising of the Sun followedBy The Setting of the Sun