The Senses: Touch (after Boucher)

Gabriel Huquier

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white drawing on off-white paper. A man and woman, both dressed in loose-fitting robes and sitting on the ground. The woman sits on the left side. She appears to be kneeling on one knee, her other leg is bent and behind her. Her right hand, palm down, hovers above the seated man's right hand. The man sits on the right. He sits cross-legged and looks down at their hands. A cherub sits behind them, on the right. The cherub's right arm extends forward and touches a garland of plants that ascends behind the pair to a large urn. The urn sits atop a rectangular pedestal. The urn has a lid and is decorated with a relief design. Its handle is on the left. A tambourine sits on the ground in the foreground, on the left. The background is plain. All three figures have detailed facial features.