Tiger Hunt

1735 · Private collection

landscape

This painting is a study for a larger one which belonged to a cycle of eight canvases depicting exotic hunt scenes. The cycle was commissioned for one of the small royal apartment if the castle of Versailles from Jean-François de Troy, François Boucher, Charles Parrocel, Nicolas Lancret, Jean Baptiste Vanloo and Jean Baptiste Pater. The cycle is now conserved at the Mudée de Picardie, Amiens.

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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