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Mademoiselle de Camargo Dancing

1730 · Wallace Collection, London

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One of the most celebrated dancers of her day, she was twenty when Lancret painted this portrait of her in character; it was immediately engraved. Camargo was famed for the innovations she brought to her art, while her biography has been highly coloured, especially concerning her amorous affairs.

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Mademoiselle de Camargo Dancing

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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