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Nicolas Lancret
French
1690-1743
Nicolas Lancret (22 January 1690 ?C 14 September 1743), French painter, was born in Paris, and became a brilliant depicter of light comedy which reflected the tastes and manners of French society under the regent Orleans.
His first master was Pierre d'Ulin, but his acquaintance with and admiration for Watteau induced him to leave d'Ulin for Gillot, whose pupil Watteau had been. Two pictures painted by Lancret and exhibited on the Place Dauphine had a great success, which laid the foundation of his fortune, and, it is said, estranged Watteau, who had been complimented as their author.
Lancret's work cannot now, however, be taken for that of Watteau, for both in drawing and in painting his touch, although intelligent, is dry, hard and wanting in that quality which distinguished his great model; these characteristics are due possibly in part to the fact that he had been for some time in training under an engraver.
The number of his paintings (of which over eighty have been engraved) is immense; he executed a few portraits and attempted historical composition, but his favorite subjects were balls, fairs, village weddings, etc. The British Museum possesses an admirable series of studies by Lancret in red chalk, and the National Gallery, London, shows four paintings--the "Four Ages of Man" (engraved by Desplaces and l'Armessin), cited by d'Argenville amongst the principal works of Lancret. In 1719 he was received as Academician, and became councillor in 1735; in 1741 he married a grandchild of Boursault, author of Aesop at Court.
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Tiger Hunt
mk155
1736
Oil on canvas
177x129cm
Painting ID:: 39932
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Tiger_Hunt
mk155
1736
Oil on canvas
177x129cm
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A Lady in a Garden Taking coffee with some Children
mk170
circa 1742
Oil on canvas
88.9x97.8cm
Painting ID:: 43242
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A_Lady_in_a_Garden_Taking_coffee_with_some_Children
mk170
circa 1742
Oil on canvas
88.9x97.8cm
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The Four Times of the day Morning
mk170
1739
Oil on copper
28.6x36.5cm
Painting ID:: 43243
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The_Four_Times_of_the_day_Morning
mk170
1739
Oil on copper
28.6x36.5cm
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Portrait of Charles Le Brun
1686
Oil on canvas,
232 x 182 cm M
Painting ID:: 51054
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Portrait_of_Charles_Le_Brun
1686
Oil on canvas,
232 x 182 cm M
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Manhood
mk218
1840
Oil on cardboard
28.9x34cm
Painting ID:: 51361
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Manhood
mk218
1840
Oil on cardboard
28.9x34cm
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Nicolas_Lancret
French
1690-1743
Nicolas Lancret (22 January 1690 ?C 14 September 1743), French painter, was born in Paris, and became a brilliant depicter of light comedy which reflected the tastes and manners of French society under the regent Orleans.
His first master was Pierre d'Ulin, but his acquaintance with and admiration for Watteau induced him to leave d'Ulin for Gillot, whose pupil Watteau had been. Two pictures painted by Lancret and exhibited on the Place Dauphine had a great success, which laid the foundation of his fortune, and, it is said, estranged Watteau, who had been complimented as their author.
Lancret's work cannot now, however, be taken for that of Watteau, for both in drawing and in painting his touch, although intelligent, is dry, hard and wanting in that quality which distinguished his great model; these characteristics are due possibly in part to the fact that he had been for some time in training under an engraver.
The number of his paintings (of which over eighty have been engraved) is immense; he executed a few portraits and attempted historical composition, but his favorite subjects were balls, fairs, village weddings, etc. The British Museum possesses an admirable series of studies by Lancret in red chalk, and the National Gallery, London, shows four paintings--the "Four Ages of Man" (engraved by Desplaces and l'Armessin), cited by d'Argenville amongst the principal works of Lancret. In 1719 he was received as Academician, and became councillor in 1735; in 1741 he married a grandchild of Boursault, author of Aesop at Court.
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