Garden party, Le pare, Ancient and contemporary artists, Les artistes anciens et moderns, print, Series number, 84, 240, inscription: 'Aug Allebé', printmaker: Célestin François Nanteuil, after painting by Jean Antoine Watteau, printer (person): Victor Jacques Bertauts, Paris, 1848 - 1862, printer (person), paper, chine collé, lithography, height 315 mm x width 447 mm, garden, festivities, A shaded, monochrome scene shows a tree-lined avenue with tall, dense foliage forming a canopy and a bright opening in the distance revealing an architectural archway. Along the pathway small groups of people in period clothing are gathered; some are seated on the ground or reclining while others stand and converse. Women wear long, flowing dresses with ruffled skirts and men wear fitted garments with decorative sleeves. A child is held by an adult and another child sits nearby. One figure walks toward the bright opening between the trees, and a small dog stands near the seated groups. The overall im...
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Garden party, Le pare, Ancient and contemporary artists, Les artistes anciens et moderns, print, Series number, 84, 240, inscription: 'Aug Allebé', printmaker: Célestin François Nanteuil, after painting by Jean Antoine Watteau, printer (person): Victor Jacques Bertauts, Paris, 1848 - 1862, printer (person), paper, chine collé, lithography, height 315 mm x width 447 mm, garden, festivities, A shaded, monochrome scene shows a tree-lined avenue with tall, dense foliage forming a canopy and a bright opening in the distance revealing an architectural archway. Along the pathway small groups of people in period clothing are gathered; some are seated on the ground or reclining while others stand and converse. Women wear long, flowing dresses with ruffled skirts and men wear fitted garments with decorative sleeves. A child is held by an adult and another child sits nearby. One figure walks toward the bright opening between the trees, and a small dog stands near the seated groups. The overall image is rendered with fine, textured strokes creating soft contrasts between the dark trees and the lighter sky and clearing.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B20_044

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Garden party Le pare Ancient contemporary artists Les artistes anciens et moderns print Series number 84 240 inscription Aug Allebé printmaker Célestin François Nanteuil painting Jean Antoine Watteau printer person Victor Jacques Bertauts Paris 1848 - 1862 paper chine collé lithography height 315 mm x width 447 mm garden festivities shaded monochrome scene tree-lined avenue tall dense foliage forming canopy bright opening distance revealing architectural archway pathway small groups people period clothing gathered seated ground reclining stand converse Women wear long flowing dresses ruffled skirts men fitted garments decorative sleeves child held adult another sits nearby figure walks trees small dog stands near seated groups image rendered fine textured strokes creating soft contrasts dark trees lighter sky clearing

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