# Allegory of Painting

- By: François Boucher (French, 1703 - 1770)
- Date: 1765
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 101.5 x 130 cm (39 15/16 x 51 3/16 in.) ; framed: 129.5 x 157.5 cm (51 x 62 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.32679.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/fc864ff2-edf7-44cd-bd9e-0fa0d167d816/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)