Picnic after the Hunt
c. 1730s National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts an aristocratic hunting party relaxing in a wooded landscape after the chase. It is a classic example of the 'fête champêtre' genre popular in 18th-century France.
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Nicolas Lancret was a student of Antoine Watteau, the master of the fête galante genre, and he successfully carried on this tradition of painting the French nobility at leisure. These paintings were highly sought after by the aristocracy to decorate their private salons, providing a stylized and idealized vision of country life that contrasted with the realities of the time.
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Picnic after the Hunt
Nicolas Lancret, c. 1730s
