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ID number: BIRBI-37.10 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743) Title / Object name: Lovers in a landscape (The Turtle Doves) Object type: Painting Culture: French Date made: about 1720/30 Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 75.3 x 97.5 cm Provenance: Comte Jacques de Bryas; purchased from Messrs. Wildenstein & Co., in 1937 for £1,800. |
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A young man gazes at his elegantly-dressed partner and points to a pair of turtle doves. The birds are the perfect model of faithful lovers who reciprocate their feelings with tenderness. The couple’s romantic dalliance in an idyllic landscape is not therefore a scene of seduction, but an image of true love soon to be fulfilled. Notes: Exhibited: 'Watteau and his Contemporaries', Wildenstein Gallery, London, UK, 1936, no. 10; 'European Masters of the 18th Century', Royal Academy, London, UK, 1954 - 1955, no. 473; 'Birth of a Collection: Masterpieces from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts', National Gallery, London, UK, 22 May 2013 - 01 September 2013; 'Hogarth and Europe', Tate Britain, 3 November 2021 - 20 March 2022 (Cat. p.143) |
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