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'Gallant conversation' (Conversation galante): couples engage in conversation in a garden setting, at left a musician plays for the group, at right a woman holds a reclining lap dog

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'Gallant conversation' (Conversation galante): couples engage in conversation in a garden setting, at left a musician plays for the group, at right a woman holds a reclining lap dog

Jacques Philippe Le Bas|Nicolas Lancret

Date
1743
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 11/16 x 13 7/8 in. (47.5 x 35.2 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
2012.136.844
Credit line
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

French, Paris 1707–1783 Paris|French, Paris 1690–1743 Paris

Subjects and terms

  • Gardens
  • Couples
  • Women
  • Dogs
  • Musicians

The Met object ID 416826. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.