Dance before a Fountain  1724

In a luxuriant park adorned with a monumental fountain, two couples perform a country dance, accompanied by the music of a rustic bagpipe. On either side, other couples play out the game of love in its various stages of anticipation, entreaty, and reward. [br] Lancret's subject was an invention of the 1700s. Called a fête galante,these paintings depicted a pastoral lands...