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

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

Status

On view

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.

Object number78.20.10