Artist: Nicolas Lancret (1690 - 1743)
Nationality: French
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Nicolas Lancret was trained as an engraver first before he apprenticed to a history painter. Beginning in 1708, he studied at the Academie Royale but was later expelled for bad behavior. Lancret then entered the workshop of Claude Gillot. He joined the Academie Royale in 1719 and achieved large commercial success after Watteau and Gillot’s death.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Two Seated Men
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Nicolas Lancret End of the Hunt oil on canvas circa 1740
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Nicolas Lancret Breakfast Before the Hunt oil on canvas circa 1740
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Nicolas Lancret The Music Party oil on canvas circa 1740
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Nicolas Lancret The Bathers (Baigneuses) oil on canvas circa 1740
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Nicolas Lancret Brise' Fan oil on ivory mid 18th century
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Nicolas Lancret - The Gardener c. 1723-27 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Nicolas Lancret The Skater (study for "Winter") red chalk on cream laid paper circa 1735 - 1738
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Nicolas Lancret Two Magistrates black and red chalks on cream laid paper with brown ink border 17th - 18th century
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Nicolas Lancret - Declaration of Love c. 1720 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Nicolas Lancret - La Camargo Dancing c. 1730 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Nicolas Lancret - The Picnic after the Hunt c. 1740 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Nicolas Lancret - Dance in a Garden mid-1730s oil on canvas Ackland Art Museum French
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Nicolas Lancret - Par une tendre chansonette n.d. oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum French
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Nicolas Lancret Studies of an Actor (Grandval ?) black and red chalks heightened with white chalks on flecked warm gray laid paper, affixed to laid paper mount, tinted gray circa 1739
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Nicolas Lancret Study of a Seated Woman ~v: Half Length Study of a Woman black and white chalks over red chalk on flecked blue laid paper verso: red, white and black chalks circa 1730 - 1740
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Nicolas Lancret - The Repast of the Hunting Party c. 1725 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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Attributed to Nicolas Lancret, French, 1690-1745 A Man Kneeling undated Red chalk and black crayon,
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Nicolas Lancret - Music party in a landscape n.d. oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum French
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Nicolas Lancret, French, 1690-1745 Lady with fur-trimmed dress Red, black and white chalk 17.14 x
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Attributed to Nicolas Lancret, French, 1690-1745 Seated women, in striped dress 18th century Drawing: black
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Nicolas Lancret Les Baigneuses,...(The Bathers)...twenty sixth plate in the book... [Title in Russian and French] Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya ä GalÈrie ImpÈriale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847) Color Li
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Nicolas Lancret, French, 1690-1745 La Sérénade Oil on panel 27 x 20 cm (10 5/8
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Nicolas Lancret, French, 1690-1745 An Actress Seated out of Doors Oil on panel 27.9 x
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Nicolas Lancret, French, 1690-1745 Young Woman and a Servant with an Empty Birdcage Oil on
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Jerome-Francois Chantereau Study of Male Head charcoal and black chalk on grey paper 18th century
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Nicolas Lancret, French, 1690-1745 Luncheon Party in a Park (Le Déjeuner de jambon) about 1735
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Untitled Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with city in the background Etching 17th century
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Nicolas Delaunay Le Billet Doux Line engraving 18th century
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Nicolas Delaunay The March of Silenus engraving 18th century
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Nicolas Delaunay Qu'en dit l'Abbe? Line engraving 18th century
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Nicolas De Poilly The Holy Family Engraving 17th century
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Nicolas De Poilly The Holy Family Engraving 17th century
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Nicolas De Poilly Portrait of Louis XIV Engraving 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 1665
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 1665
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 1665
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Francisco Goya - General Nicolas Philippe Guye 1810 oil on canvas Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Spanish
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape ET 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape ET 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape ET 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape ET 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Untitled 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Shipyard Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Untitled Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle L'Automne Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape Etching 17th century
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Zanobi Strozzi - Saints Nicolas, Lawrence and John the Baptist c. 1450 tempera and gold lea The Hyde Collection Italian
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Christ Talking To His Disciples Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with St. Anthony? Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape along a river Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Arrival of Christ Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with ruins Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Christ by the river Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with a road Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with a road Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with men fishing Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Veue de la grande Chapelle... ET 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with a road Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with three men in the foreground Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with a road Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with Christ flanked by two men Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with Christ walking, flanked by two men 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Veues De Rome Et Des Environs Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with ruins in the foreground Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with two men talking by the river Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with road and people Etching 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with three figures walking in the foreground 17th century
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Adam, Gabriel and Nicolas Perelle Landscape with castle in background Etching 17th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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Frick Collection: Watteau and His World: French Drawing from 1700 to 1750
Watteau, who drew constantly throughout his lifetime, is one of the most revered artists of the French School. Watteau coveted his drawings and regarded them as superior to the m...
Frick Art and Historical Center: FROM THE SUN KING TO THE ROYAL TWILIGHT: PAINTING IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE FROM THE MUSEE DE PICARDIE, AMIENS
DeCourcy McIntosh, executive director of the Frick Art & Historical Center, says, “This exhibition provides a powerful antidote to the commonly held view of eighteenth-century French painting as ...

Further Artwork and Information:

WebMuseum: Lancret, Nicolas
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Nicolas Lancret - [Index]
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Nicolas Lancret (1690 - 1743) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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