Art, literature & history
Return to the Fold
1750/1765
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- brown and black chalk heightened with white on brown laid paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 28.7 x 44.6 cm (11 5/16 x 17 9/16 in.) support: 39.6 x 55.9 cm (15 9/16 x 22 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1978.4.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
François Boucher. Return to the Fold. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Return to the Fold — François Boucher. 1750/1765.
Medium: brown and black chalk heightened with white on brown laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): Overall: 28.7 x 44.6 cm (11 5/16 x 17 9/16 in.) support: 39.6 x 55.9 cm (15 9/16 x 22 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1978.4.1. Andrew W. Mellon Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.