Company in the Park

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Lancret was a painter of rustic entertainments and the theatre. Although he borrowed Watteau's thematic repertory and style, he does not attain the universal, poetic dimension of his work.

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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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