PIERRE, Jean-Baptiste-Marie (b. 1714, Paris, d. 1789, Paris) |
Landscape with Peasants Playing Music and Dancing1735-40Oil on canvas, 61 x 77 cm Private collection | ||
Winner of prize for painting at the Academy in 1734, this success earned Pierre stay at the Academy of France in Rome as a pensioner of the King from 1735 to 1740 under the direction of Nicolas Vleughels then Jean-Francois de Troy. The present painting was executed during the artist's stay in Rome.
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