Jean-Baptiste Le PRINCE (1734-1781)

Oil on panel

Signed on the back label: The Prince 1767

Dimensions: 13,5 x 20 cm excluding frame

Carved and gilded wooden frame from the Louis periodXVI
Here is a charming outdoor scene: a musician making his little monkey and dog dance in front of villagers seated at a table in a garden. This scene is inspired by the works of Tenier, as Le Prince spent time in Holland during his training.

The painting is presented in a magnificent frame. XVIII19th century Louis XIV era XVI carved wood and gilded with gold leaf.
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince is a French painter of the XVIII18th century. Born in 1734 in Metz into a family of artists, his father was a master sculptor and his half-sister the author of the tale "Beauty and the Beast." He died in 1781. Jean-Baptiste Le Prince settled in Paris in his youth and became a pupil of François Boucher. He distinguished himself in the pure continuation of Boucher's work. A prolific artist, he learned engraving and aquatint. His works, regularly exhibited at the Salon, were favorably noted by Diderot himself. Three of his paintings are held at the Louvre, as well as numerous drawings and engravings. He traveled to Italy and then Holland, where he studied from Rembrandt's etchings, and then to Russia, where Jean-Baptiste Le Prince stayed for five years. Upon his return to France, he introduced Russian styles and specialized in genre scenes.