Cleveland Museum of Art
A Party Picnicking Near a Village
Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe
- Date
- c. 1760–70
- Medium
- gouache on antique laid paper
- Culture
- France, 18th century
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe was known for drawings such as this one, which were executed on a small scale with exacting detail. His designs attracted the attention of the French monarchy, and he received numerous royal commissions. This work shows well-dressed figures enjoying outdoor leisure in a rural village. Its panoramic landscape and dense crowd were both characteristic of Van Blarenberghe’s miniaturist style. Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe was from a family of painters; among them he was known as “the great Blarenberghe.”
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