c. 1788
Foire de Village
Charles-Melchior DescourtisFrench, 1753-1820
Charles-Melchior Descourtis's masterful color print reproduces a painting, now lost, by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay. The harmonious coloring and lyrical mood of the print evoke Jean-Antoine Watteau's fêtes galantes and the carefree spirit of pre-Revolutionary France. Taunay had finished his paintings of The Village Wedding, The Village Fair, and The Drummer before leaving on a three-year visit to Italy in 1784.
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