Le Jeu de Pied
£280.00
Nicolas de Larmessin the Younger after Nicolas Lancret Le Jeu de Pied (Paris, c. 1760) Etching with engraving 350x460mm Trimmed on or close to platemark
Description
A happy scene in an arcadian landscape. In the centre of the design a small group of damsels, sitting beside a fountain under a grove of trees, flirt with a handsome young man. Lancret (1690-1743), a pupil of Gillot and Watteau, is chiefly known as a painter of ‘fêtes galantes’, and much of his work was purchased by Frederick the Great of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia.
