# Fête galante in a Landscape

- By: Jean Baptiste François Pater (Valenciennes, 1695–1736)
- Date: c. 1730 - c. 1735
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 50.5 cm x width 60.5 cm
- Credit line: Gift of H.W.A. Deterding, London
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3257--f1100586c7a7ee2ef18e06b7f2151652)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/bef1bfae03b6c6abef8de0f5ba975b3a.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This is a fine example of a new type of painting, known as the fête galante or courtship party, which was developed in Paris shortly after 1710. No specific story is depicted. Elegantly dressed men and women converse, play music and flirt, always in an outdoor setting. Pater was one of the leading specialists of this new genre.