The Dispatch of the Messenger

1765

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Oval, 12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (32.1 x 26.7 cm)
Collection no.: 44.141
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

François Boucher. The Dispatch of the Messenger. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Dispatch of the Messenger — François Boucher. 1765.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: Oval, 12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (32.1 x 26.7 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph Heine, in memory of her husband, I. D. Levy, 1944.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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