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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Nicolas Lancret A Lady and Gentleman Taking Coffee with Children in a Garden oil


A Lady and Gentleman Taking Coffee with Children in a Garden
Painting ID::  82094
A Lady and Gentleman Taking Coffee with Children in a Garden
Date English: probably 1742 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 88.9 x 97.8 cm (35 x 38.5 in) cjr
   
   
     

Nicolas Lancret Das Schinkenfrustuk oil


Das Schinkenfrustuk
Painting ID::  82947
Das Schinkenfrustuk
1735(1735) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 188 x 123 cm cyf
   
   
     

Nicolas Lancret Das Schinkenfruhstuck oil


Das Schinkenfruhstuck
Painting ID::  83157
Das Schinkenfruhstuck
1735(1735) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 188 x 123 cm cyf
   
   
     

Nicolas Lancret The Serenade oil


The Serenade
Painting ID::  83369
The Serenade
81,5 x 107 cm, style: genre painting, technique: oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     

Nicolas Lancret A Lady and Gentleman Taking Coffee with Children in a Garden oil


A Lady and Gentleman Taking Coffee with Children in a Garden
Painting ID::  85713
A Lady and Gentleman Taking Coffee with Children in a Garden
English: probably 1742 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 88.9 x 97.8 cm (35 x 38.5 in) cyf
   
   
     

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     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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