Mother and Child at a Fountain
Maker
Nicolas Lancret
(French, 1690 - 1743)
Additional Title(s)
- Ah, qu'il est joli
- Woman and Child at a Fountain
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1730-1745
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions19 7/8 x 25 5/8 in. (50.5 x 65.1 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Label TextThis painting shows a mother and child in a garden beside a large ornamental fountain. Lancret specialized in a type of painting called a fête galante, which depicted elegant ladies and gentlemen socializing in pastoral settings. This canvas was cut down at some point before it entered The Huntington’s collection, probably due to some severe damage. Originally, it was rectangular, and showed the figure of a man to the right of the fountain, doffing his hat to the woman and child.Status
On viewObject number78.20.10
