Summary

François Boucher: The setting of the sun
Artist	François Boucher  (1703–1770)      Description French painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, illustrator, etcher and drawer Date of birth/death 29 September 1703  30 May 1770  Location of birth/death Paris Paris Work period from 1720 until 1770 date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 Work location Paris (1720–1770), Northern Netherlands (1766) Authority file : Q180932 VIAF: 66517093 ISNI: 0000000121373066 ULAN: 500032143 LCCN: n50042112 NLA: 35020625 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q180932
Title	English: The Setting of the Sun Deutsch: Sonnenuntergang Français : Coucher du Soleil
Object type	painting
Genre	mythological painting
Depicted people	Apollo
Date	1752 date QS:P571,+1752-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions	height: 321 cm (10.5 ft); width: 270 cm (106.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,321U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,270U174728
Collection	The Wallace Collection   Native name Wallace Collection Location London Coordinates 51° 31′ 02.83″ N, 0° 09′ 10.88″ W   Established 1897 Website www.wallacecollection.org Authority file : Q1327919 VIAF: 130815091 ISNI: 0000000406326669 ULAN: 500302044 LCCN: n50034920 NLA: 35712035 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q1327919
Current location	London
Accession number	P 486
Exhibition history	Salon of 1753, Salon Carré
Notes	Deutsch: Gobelinentwurf, Auftraggeberin: Madame de Pompadour, vgl. Pendant »Sonnenuntergang«, ebenso London
References	François Boucher catalogue raisonné, 1980 Ananoff, 445  https://www.wga.hu/html/b/boucher/2/sun2.html  Salons ID: 37366  Utpictura18 artwork ID: 21177  Art UK artwork ID: the-setting-of-the-sun-209513
Source/Photographer	The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
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See also

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  companion piece The Rising of the Sun