Two fête galante scenes, anonymous, c. 1795

Two fête galante scenes, anonymous, c. 1795

painting, h 33.1cm × w 41.5cm × d 3.3cm More details

In reverse painting on glass, the image is painted on the back –foreground details first (in reverse to normal practice). In the 18th century, Chinese painters, particularly in Canton, specialized in this technique. One such artist copied these two scenes for Van Braam Houckgeest after the work of the renowned French painter François Boucher. They are still in their original 18th-century frames.

On display in room 1.5

Collections with this work

Painting

TD

January 28 2023 - 115 works 127 0

vrouwen

Marlene

April 30 2023 - 192 works 8751 43

paintings

Caitlin B Stevenson

April 13 2023 - 229 works 101 3