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Two plaques depicting European fêtes champêtres
Also titled Twee plaques met Europese gezelschappen
c. 1770 - c. 1775
- Medium
- copper (metal), wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), email
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 38.3 cm x width 49 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
The scenes on these two plaques are based on work by the French artist Jean Baptiste Pater. Western depictions remained popular among the European residents of Canton until late in the 18th century.
