Luncheon Party in a Park

landscape

This painting is a replica of a larger painting by Lancret, Luncheon with Ham (Chantilly, Musée Condé), commissioned by King Louis XV in 1735.

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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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