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X. Scène galante
Entered May 2021
Whereabouts unknown
Oil on canvas
98 x 79 cm
PROVENANCE
Versailles, Versailles Enchères, sale, March 23, 2014, lot 44: ECOLE FRANÇAISE du XVIIIème siècle / Scène galante dans le goût de Watteau / Huile sur toile /98 x 79 cm (Quelques restaurations) / est. 2,000-2,500 EUR. Sold for 2,552.
REMARKS
Nicolas Lancret, The Swing, oil on canvas, 65.5 x 54.5 cm. Madrid, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Despite the auction’s claim, this picture is not in the style of Watteau. Rather, is a straightforward copy of Lancret’s The Swing, now in the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.