Lancret’s speciality was playful scenes showing well-dressed companies from the social elite of the day enjoying themselves. It was a type of subject launched by Watteau in the early 18th century, known as the fête galante – the courtship party. Lancret had been a pupil of Watteau and continued the tradition after his master’s death.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Nicolas_Lancret" class="extiw" title="w:en:Nicolas Lancret"><span title="French painter (1690-1743)">Nicolas Lancret</span></a>
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