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Dans le Parc

Type
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Date
ca. 1795
Accession number
78.20.9A
Maker
Jean-Baptiste Hilair(Opens in new tab) (French, 1753–1822)
Dimensions
12 3/8 x 16 1/4 in. (31.4 x 41.3 cm.)
Medium
oil on panel
Description
This painting depicts a flower vendor showing her wares to threee ladies, and nearby a little boy, with his dog holding a bird in his right hand. At the left, a fisherman and two women, one of whom is kneeling and washing her wares near a statue on a large pedestal bearing, at the top, the signature of the painter. On the other side of the pond is a Greek circular temple, and at the right can be seen the upper part of a palace.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Department
European Art
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View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
This is one of two small landscapes (#78.20.9A and 78.20.9B) showing views of a celebrated Parisian garden. The Parc Monceau is famous for its garden follies and architectural pavilions, including a classical rotunda by the renowned architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, seen in the painting at left. Hilair specialized in views of people enjoying the parks and public gardens of Paris, blending landscapes and paintings of everyday life to create charming vignettes of contemporary Parisian leisure.

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