Where to See Breakfast: Louvre, Paris

French artist François Boucher painted this intimate scene of a family taking their morning meal. The elegant figures gather in a well-appointed room, children at play while adults sip their drinks. Rococo luxury pervades every surface.

Boucher was the favorite painter of Madame de Pompadour and the French court. His scenes of aristocratic life defined an era's taste. This work hangs at the Louvre in Paris.

François Boucher, the leading French Rococo painter of the 18th century You can see it at Louvre, Paris. The elegant figures gather in a well-appointed room, children at play while adults sip their drinks.

You can see it at Louvre, Paris in Paris, France. François Boucher created it. The elegant figures gather in a well-appointed room, children at play while adults sip their drinks.

François Boucher was the leading painter of the French Rococo. This elegant domestic scene shows the refined, decorative style that made him the favorite painter of Madame de Pompadour.

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