{"product_id":"nicolas-lancret-dance-before-a-fountain","title":"Nicolas Lancret: Dance Before a Fountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Tavener Holmes\u003cbr\u003e With a conservation note by Mark Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a garden glade before a grand fountain, surrounded by a musical party, an elegant woman in a lustrous white gown dances as part of a foursome, raising her eyes to the viewer as if extending an invitation to the dance. This is the enticing scene in the Getty Museum's painting \u003ci\u003eDance Before a Fountain \u003c\/i\u003eby Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743), an excellent example of the \u003ci\u003ef\u003c\/i\u003eê\u003ci\u003ete galante\u003c\/i\u003e, a genre that reached its peak of popularity in France during the first half of the eighteenth century. This monograph seeks to familiarize American audiences with Lancret, a master of this genre, who was a revered painter in his own time, rivaling his contemporaries Antoine Watteau and François Boucher, and a favorite of crowned heads across Europe. The author's lively, engrossing text uses the painting as a springboard to reveal a remarkable amount about Lancret, his mode of painting, contemporary Paris, and eighteenth-century dance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLavishly illustrated with comparative paintings by artists such as Watteau, Boucher, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-François De Troy, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, and Hubert Robert, this fascinating peek into a bygone Parisian era is a treat for the eyes and the intellect alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Tavener Holmes is an independent scholar from New York who specializes in French eighteenth-century paintings and drawings. Mark Leonard is a former conservator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n100 pages\u003cbr\u003e 7 1\/2 x 9 1\/4 inches\u003cbr\u003e 58 color and 36 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 978-0-89236-832-7\u003cbr\u003e paperback\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Getty Publications\u003cbr\u003e Imprint: J. Paul Getty Museum\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2006","brand":"GETTY TRUST PUBLICATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67568632725794,"sku":"xuh1792569444991","price":13.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/2249\/9618\/files\/nicolas-lancret-dance-before-a-fountain_1.jpg?v=1792569451","url":"https:\/\/mossmerton.com\/products\/nicolas-lancret-dance-before-a-fountain","provider":"Mossmerton","version":"1.0","type":"link"}