Nicolas Lancret, Romantic genre scene, oil on canvas, 18th century

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Oil on canvas representing a romantic scene with five female characters and two males in a countryside landscape with vivid and delicate shades.
The oil colors are highlighted by a giltwood sculpted frame.

Work realized in the 18th century.

Dimensions : H 60 x W 66 cm.

Reference : LS21781601

Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) was a French painter who entered in the workshop of Pierre Dulin, and then worked with the painter Claude Gillot and then with Antoine Watteau who advised him to draw from nature. He was received at the Academy the 24th March 1719 as a painter of gallant subjects and then as an advisor in 1735.
Thanks to his prestigious orders as the ones by Louis XV, the Duke of Antin, the Count Crozat, Frederic II, Lancret enjoyed, all along his career, a great reputation.
All along his life, he painted genre paintings, scenes of everyday life, that he transcribed during his walks. He wanted to exactly reproduce the 18th century way of life, so much for its frivolity as for its spirituality. He introduced his very elegant characters, in pastoral or urban frames, consistent with the period trend.