1725
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Wall Panels: The Gardener, Horticulture, The Vineyard, The See-Saw, The Swing is a 1725 unspecified by Nicolas Lancret, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see five small, cheerful panels. Each shows people having fun outside—gardening, swinging, or walking through vineyards. They’re painted in light colors with soft edges. The panels were made to decorate a fancy Paris home in the 1720s. Lancret painted them to go above doors and windows. Together, they feel like a sunny spring day. Check out more French art from this time at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
This whimsical series is one typically found in fashionable, elite Parisian residences of the eighteenth century. Panel paintings of this variety were created to decorate the space above chair rails and in between doors and windows, and Lancret's series was painted for a room in the Pavillon d'Hauteville in Paris. In keeping with the eighteenth-century French tradition of depicting the four seasons or the times of the day, Lancret's five decorative panels have a unifying theme. Pastoral activities and games, favored themes of Lancret, are the overarching motifs, and depict afternoon pastimes,…
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Nicolas Lancret (French pronunciation: ; 22 January 1690 – 14 September 1743) was a French painter.
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