Youthful Loves, François Boucher (around) 18th Century

Couple of adolescents, oil on canvas 18th century by a painter of the entourage and in the lineage of François Boucher.
A young girl nicely dressed and holding a distaff puts her hand on the shoulder of a young man whom she seems to both push away and hold back. The boy with dimples, smiling and playful, holds a small bird whose obvious destination is a small open birdcage. But the young girl has her finger raised and gently warns her young suitor. This eminently 18th century subject with obvious innuendos has been treated many times in painting and engraving.
François Boucher (1703-1770) the painter of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour is the master of gallant and libertine scenes which brought him considerable success during his lifetime. Pope of Rococo painting, specialist in libertine subjects at the court of Louis XV, François Boucher is one of the great French masters of the 18th century. The philosopher and art critic Denis Diderot did not like him much, reproaching him for his frivolity. But the Marquise de Pompadour adored him! His Venuses and Odalisques made him famous. Boucher was a prolific brush, his drawings and paintings numbering in the thousands, he was also a great engraver.
The painting is in very good condition, small restorations of use and old relining.
In an old frame in wood and gilded stucco 19th century (accidents in missing parts).
Dimensions of the frame 112x90 cm