Landscape with Peasants Playing Music and Dancing
by PIERRE, Jean-Baptiste-Marie, Oil on canvas, 61 x 77 cm
Winner of prize for painting at the Academy in 1734, this success earned Pierre stay at the Academy of France in Rome as a pensioner of the King from 1735 to 1740 under the direction of Nicolas Vleughels then Jean-Francois de Troy. The present painting was executed during the artist’s stay in Rome.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 2 minutes):
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux, March