LANCRET, Nicolas
(b. 1690, Paris, d. 1743, Paris)

Dance in a Pavilion

1730-35
Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin

The decorative pendants, Le Moulinet, and Dance in a Pavilion, are typical of Lancret's art, with women who are almost alarmingly unindividualized and men but a bit more identifiable.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 4 minutes):
Gioacchino Rossini: La Danza