Lancret, Nicolas – Concert in the Park Hermitage ~ part 07

Description of the painting "Concert in the Park" by Nicola Lancre

This work of art was created by a famous French painter named Nicola Lancret. As can be logically understood from the action taking place in the painting itself, it has the title "Concert in the Park." As for the size of the canvas, it reaches more than 75 centimeters in width and almost 110 centimeters in height. Art historians attribute the painting to the Rococo period, but you can also see in it some notes of neoclassicism.

At first glance it seems that the name was invented absolutely confusingly and incongruously, but turning to the dictionary, we see that in those days, the concert was considered absolutely any public performance of theatrical, vocal or instrumental nature. It makes absolutely no difference exactly how many performers were envisioned in a concert.

In this picture we just see one performer. He is dressed quite smartly: he is wearing a red and black cape, black breeches and socks. The shoes and the lower part of the clothes are decorated with large bouffant bows to the tone of the cape. On his head there is a traditional French beret. Even now it is known to be worn by creative people, most often artists or poets.

Our artist entertains an aristocratic audience. This can be judged by the appearance of the guys and girls, who have settled down to rest under an old razlogi tree. The girls are dressed in fancy dresses. The boys, on the other hand, have outfits similar to those named when describing the speaker. These are young people who entertained themselves with intellectual conversations and similar kinds of amusement.

In creating this painting, the artist used soft and unsaturated tones. Judging by the grayish hue of the sky and the nature surrounding the young people, we can conclude that it is already evening outside. Perhaps they had spent the day like that, or maybe they were taking turns entertaining each other with singing and music.