Lancret’s art makes the world look like a garden party at which everyone is forever young and in love, dancing in immaculately manicured parks. That dream was shattered by the French Revolution, and now the paintings of Lancret and his like testify more to a terrible misunderstanding. The idyll of old has become a paragon of frivolity, and Lancret’s fairy tales evoke melancholy at most.
Specifications
| Title | Pastoral Dance |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 54 cm Width 69 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Nicolas Lancret
|
| Accession number | 2583 (OK) |
| Credits | Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen, 1958 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1958 |
| Creation date | in circa 1740 |
| Collector | Collector / D.G. van Beuningen |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) |
| External exhibitions |
Boijmans bij de Buren - Meesterlijk! (2019) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
