Declaration of Love
c. 1720
Nicolas Lancret
Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743)
European Painting and Sculpture
Declaration of Love, c. 1720. Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743). Oil on canvas; framed: 103 x 90.5 x 9 cm (40 9/16 x 35 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 80.1 x 64 cm (31 9/16 x 25 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.86
- Maker/Artist
- Lancret, Nicolas
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 103 x 90.5 x 9 cm (40 9/16 x 35 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 80.1 x 64 cm (31 9/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1944.86
- Credit Line
- Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, The Venetian Tradition, Intimate Encounters: Love and Domesticity in Eighteenth-Century France, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1934: "Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," no catalogue. <br>CMA, 1944: "Exhibition of the Eliabeth Severance Prentiss Collection," cat. no. 8, p. 25, color frontispiece. <br>Columbus (Ohio) Gallery of Fine Arts, February 4-March 5, 1949: "Hats in History," cat. no. 6. <br>Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, April 26-May 31, 1950: "The Eighteenth Century Art of France and England," cat. no. 28, p. 11. <br>Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, November 1-November 28, 1951: "Italian, Spanish, and French Paintings of the 17th and 18th Centuries," cat. no. 35, frontispiece; Grand Rapids (Michigan) Art Gallery, December 12 1951-January 9, 1952. <br>Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Coe-College Art Gallery, May 16-June 16, 1952: "Centennial Exhibition," cat. no. 10, repr. <br>West Palm Beach, Florida, Society of the Four Arts, December 12-1952-January 4, 193: "Eighteenth-Century Masterpieces," cat. no. 13. <br>Richmond, Virginia, Museum of Fine Arts, January 20-March 5, 1956: "Les Fêtes Galantes," no catalogue.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art, 1956 "The Venetian Tradition," cat. no. 21, p. 25. <br>Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25-June 14, 1959: "Age of Elegance: The Rococo and Its Effect," cat. no. 18, illus. p. 47. reproduced on Frontispiece of the Baltimore Museum of Art News. <br>Hanover, NH; Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio); Houston, TX; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Intimate Encounters: Love and Domesticity in Eighteenth-century France" (10/4/97 - 8/18/98), p. 94-96, cat. no. 4, color repr. p. 95.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 216B French and German
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