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It and de Troy's ''[[The Oyster Dinner]]'' were commissioned by [[Louis XV]] to decorate the dining room of the lesser apartments at the [[Palace of Versailles]]. Both works are now in the [[Musée Condé]]. |
It and de Troy's ''[[The Oyster Dinner]]'' were commissioned by [[Louis XV]] to decorate the dining room of the lesser apartments at the [[Palace of Versailles]]. Both works are now in the [[Musée Condé]]. |
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== History == |
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This painting was commissioned in 1734 by King Louis XV from the painter Lancret, for the dining room of the small apartments at the Palace of Versailles, who produced it the following year. A receipt is issued in his name for the sum of 2,400 pounds for the production of this painting. It was the counterpart to Jean-François de Troy's Oyster Lunch. The canvas is then embedded in woodwork. It was in place in 1737 and appears in the inventory of the royal collections at that date. But from 1768, the paintings left the apartments following their reorganization in office rooms and kitchens. In 1784, the paintings are present at the superintendence of the castle.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bernstein |first=Margot |date=2021 |title=Carmontelle, or The Age of Pleasures by Nicole Garnier-Pelle |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ecs.2021.0046 |journal=Eighteenth-Century Studies |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=691–702 |doi=10.1353/ecs.2021.0046 |issn=1086-315X}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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[[David_Teniers_the_Younger#Market|1648 Flemish painting of nearly the same name by David Teniers the Younger]] |
[[David_Teniers_the_Younger#Market|1648 Flemish painting of nearly the same name by David Teniers the Younger]] |
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Revision as of 16:55, 31 March 2022
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| French: Le Déjeuner de jambon | |
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| Artist | Nicolas Lancret[1] |
| Year | 1735 |
| Location | Musée Condé |
The Ham Dinner (French - Le Déjeuner de jambon) is a 1735[2] painting by Nicolas Lancret(22 January 1690 – 14 September 1743), a French painter who was born and died in Paris.[3]
It and de Troy's The Oyster Dinner were commissioned by Louis XV to decorate the dining room of the lesser apartments at the Palace of Versailles. Both works are now in the Musée Condé.
History
This painting was commissioned in 1734 by King Louis XV from the painter Lancret, for the dining room of the small apartments at the Palace of Versailles, who produced it the following year. A receipt is issued in his name for the sum of 2,400 pounds for the production of this painting. It was the counterpart to Jean-François de Troy's Oyster Lunch. The canvas is then embedded in woodwork. It was in place in 1737 and appears in the inventory of the royal collections at that date. But from 1768, the paintings left the apartments following their reorganization in office rooms and kitchens. In 1784, the paintings are present at the superintendence of the castle.[4]
See also
1648 Flemish painting of nearly the same name by David Teniers the Younger
References
- ^ Jean Louis Flandrin; Jane Cobbi (1999). Tables d'hier, tables d'ailleurs: histoire et ethnologie du repas. Odile Jacob. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-2-7381-0564-6.
- ^ José Artur; Hervé Chayette; Philippe baron de Rothschild (1997). Le Vin à travers la peinture. www.acr-edition.com. pp. 190–. ISBN 978-2-86770-007-1.
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Art. pp. 390–. ISBN 978-0-19-860476-1.
- ^ Bernstein, Margot (2021). "Carmontelle, or The Age of Pleasures by Nicole Garnier-Pelle". Eighteenth-Century Studies. 54 (3): 691–702. doi:10.1353/ecs.2021.0046. ISSN 1086-315X.
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