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 Tiger Hunt oil painting


Tiger Hunt
mk155 1736 Oil on canvas 177x129cm
Painting ID::  39932
Nicolas Lancret
Tiger Hunt
mk155 1736 Oil on canvas 177x129cm
   
   
     

Nicolas Lancret A Lady in a Garden Taking coffee with some Children oil painting


A Lady in a Garden Taking coffee with some Children
mk170 circa 1742 Oil on canvas 88.9x97.8cm
Painting ID::  43242
Nicolas Lancret
A Lady in a Garden Taking coffee with some Children
mk170 circa 1742 Oil on canvas 88.9x97.8cm
   
   
     

Nicolas Lancret The Four Times of the day Morning oil painting


The Four Times of the day Morning
mk170 1739 Oil on copper 28.6x36.5cm
Painting ID::  43243
Nicolas Lancret
The Four Times of the day Morning
mk170 1739 Oil on copper 28.6x36.5cm
   
   
     

Nicolas Lancret Portrait of Charles Le Brun oil painting


Portrait of Charles Le Brun
1686 Oil on canvas, 232 x 182 cm M
Painting ID::  51054
Nicolas Lancret
Portrait of Charles Le Brun
1686 Oil on canvas, 232 x 182 cm M
   
   
     

Nicolas Lancret Manhood oil painting


Manhood
mk218 1840 Oil on cardboard 28.9x34cm
Painting ID::  51361
Nicolas Lancret
Manhood
mk218 1840 Oil on cardboard 28.9x34cm
   
   
     

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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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