# Study for La Flèche Whose Pockets are Being Searched by Harpagon

- By: François Boucher (Paris, 1703–1770)
- Date: 1713 - 1734
- Medium: paper, chalk
- Classification: design
- Dimensions: height 309 mm x width 185 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1953-202--c810387e7d514c1355292ea8c9d1ecd9)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/qixnO/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)

Boucher illustrated a special edition of the complete works of the French playwright Molière. This drawing shows a scene from L’Avare (The miser) in which the old miser Harpagon searches the pockets of his valet, La Flèche, for money. Boucher rendered Harpagon sketchily to try out how he would ultimately place the two figures in the final composition.