The Palais Royal--Garden's Walk / Promenade du Jardin du Palais Royal

1787

Louis Le Coeur after Claude-Louis Desrais

Associated Names
Louis Le Coeur

Artist, French, active c. 1784 - 1825

Claude-Louis Desrais

Artist After, French, 1746 - 1816

This is a painting of a gathering in a garden with striped tents and large trees providing shade. The architecture in the background suggests an urban setting. The people in the painting are dressed in elaborate, colorful attire. The style is reminiscent of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, known for lively scenes and intricate compositions of the Rococo period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wash manner with etching and engraving, printed in blue, red, yellow, and black inks

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.7 x 56.5 cm (14 13/16 x 22 1/4 in.)
    overall (inner framing line): 27.9 x 53.9 cm (11 x 21 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2265

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 64, as The Palais Royal-Garden's Walk / Promenade du Jardin du Palais Royal.

Bibliography

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 64.

Wikidata ID

Q64959927

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