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The Burning Glass

Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin

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The woman in Lancret's painting ignites passion's fire in a nasty fusion of innocence and calculation. (The painting is also entitled as Woman Igniting Passion's Fire.)

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The Burning Glass

About the Artist

Nicolas Lancret

1690 – 1743

French painter, he was, with Pater, the principal imitator of Watteau. After failing as a history painter he was influenced by Gillot 's theatrical scenes as Watteau had been, and he spent the rest of his life painting fêtes galantes. He is well represented in the Wallace Collection, London.

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