Nicolas Lancret

1689–1743 · Rococo

Nicolas Lancret was a French painter. Born in Paris, he was a brilliant depicter of light comedy which reflected the tastes and manners of French society during the regency of the Duke of Orleans and, later, early reign of King Louis XV.

34 paintings

• The Beautiful Greek Woman (1731–36)
• Declaration of Love (c. 1720)
• The Vineyard (c. 1723–1727)
• The See-Saw (c. 1723–1727)
• The Swing (c. 1723–1727)
• Four stages of human life: Childhood
• Two Friends (1738)
• Nicaise (1738)
• Blind Man's Buff (1729)
• Fastening the Skate (1743)
• The Swing (1729)
• Brother Philippe's Geese (1736)
• Sleeping Shepherdess (1730)
• Portrait of the Actor Grandval (1742)
• The Swing (1724)
• The Ham Dinner (1735)
• Concert in the Oval Salon of Pierre Crozat's Chateau at Montmorency (1719)
• Group Portrait in a Landscape with Amorous Couple (1737)
• Gallant feast representing a lady dancing with Pulcinella (1725)
• Dance before a Fountain (1724)
• La Femme infidèle. Les Rémois. (1750)
• Les Lunettes (1750)
• The Music Lesson (1743)
• Summer (1738)
• Actors of the Italian comedy (1701)
• innocence (1743)
• Vogelnest (1725)
• Die Turteltauben (1725)
• The Servant Justified (ca. 1740)
• Brother Philippe's Geese (ca. 1736)
• Picnic after the Hunt (probably c. 1735/1740)
• La Camargo Dancing (c. 1730)
• Dansen i det fri (1705-1743)
• Legende børn i det frie. ("Le jeu des quatre-coins") (1705-1743)