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ID: 700007577
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007577
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Dance before a Fountain (painting (visual work); Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690 - 1743) (French Artist); by 1724; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2001.54)
Note: In the shelter of a luxuriant park adorned with a monumental fountain, two spirited couples perform an informal country dance to the tune of a rustic bagpipe. Moving in a circle with their arms intercrossed, they perform a figure known as a "moulinet," after "moulin" or windmill. To either side, other couples play out the game of love in its various stages of anticipation, entreaty, and reward. Several onlookers and children, a girl with flowers, and two dogs attend the scene. Harmoniously orchestrated through gesture, pose, and glance, the rhythm of Lancret's sinuous composition assumes a dance-like cadence of its own.
Titles:
Dance before a Fountain (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: by 1724

Creator Display:
Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690 - 1743) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
Lancret, Nicolas (French painter, draftsman, and collector, 1690-1743) [500029432]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 2001.54
Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Oil on canvas
oil paint (paint) [300015050]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)
canvas (textile material) [300014078]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 97.8 x 130.8 cm (38 1/2 x 51 1/2 in.); Framed [outer dim] (Display / Orginial): 137.2 x 169.2 x 20.3 x 9.8 cm (54 x 66 5/8 x 8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Cultures:
French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Rococo [300021155] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)
Baroque [300021147] (style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:
genre (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
romances (medieval narratives) [300191065]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)
dancing (performing arts genre) [300054144]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for performing arts>) (AAT)
fountain [300006179]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, hydraulic structures, <hydraulic structures by function>, water distribution structures) (AAT)
landscape (representation) [300015636]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
reality [300379727]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts) (AAT)

Inscriptions: "3655" lower left ["3" is missing]
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Dance before a Fountain........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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