Jacques Philippe Le Bas|Nicolas Lancret

'Gallant conversation' (Conversation galante): couples engage in conversation in a garden setting, at left a musician plays for the group, at right a woman holds a reclining lap dog

1743
Etching and engraving
47.5 × 35.2 cm (18.7 × 13.9 in)

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