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Title The Four Times of Day: Morning, Nicolas Lancret
Library The National Gallery
Date 1739
Description This painting is part of the group: The Four Times of Day. The four paintings in this series - 'Morning', 'Midday', 'Afternoon' and 'Evening' are also known as Les Heures du Jour (The Hours of the Day). They were painted by February 1741 when engravings of them by Nicolas de Larmessin III were presented to the Académie in Paris. It appears that this painting had been exhibited in the Salon of 1739.
Document Type Painting
Primary Commodity Tea
Theme Social Practice; Art and Literature
Keywords customs, furniture, clothes, textiles, ceremony
Region Europe
Copyright Nicolas Lancret, The Four Times of Day: Morning, © The National Gallery, London.