Literature

Collection catalogues
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 64

Provenance

Friedrich II, King of Prussia (1712-1786), Potsdam
by descent in the Hohenzollern family to Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) Berlin
sold December 1927 through Hugo Moser, Berlin to Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris
purchased April 1928 by Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937), Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded 1 May 1937 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1937.1.89

Other works by Nicolas Lancret

Open Cage - Girl in Landscape
First half of 18th century

Dance entertainment in the castle park
1725 (?)

Picnic after the Hunt
c. 1735/40

A Tale from La Fontaine

Mademoiselle de Camargo Dancing