Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)

Museum record 44742: Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?) by François Boucher. A verified entry point for discovery.

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This painting is based on a 1745 pantomime about a young shepherd’s awakening love for a shepherdess. The couple feed each other grapes—a fruit associated with Bacchus, god of pleasure—suggesting that their encounter is not entirely chaste. François Boucher’s compositions on pastoral themes comprise his most influential contribution to 18th-century French art. These lush and playful fantasies of rustic life, designed primarily for the private enjoyment of wealthy financiers and aristocrats, had little to…