Nude and lasciviously-posed statues are often identified with the covered up sexual desires of figures painted in this genre, as seen in a work, in which a fountain on the right with a high-spraying jet is topped by a nude woman pouring out an urn, who gazes down on four interlocked dancers.
Martin Eidelberg has identified an unnamed painter in this genre, dubbed "The Miles Master", as the artist behind a number of questionably attributed works that have gone to auction in the last 50 years, including two assigned to Philippe Mercier, England's first painter in this genre. Nude and lasciviously-posed statues are often identified with the covered up sexual desires of figures painted in this genre, as seen in a work, in which a fountain on the right with a high-spraying jet is topped by a nude woman pouring out an urn, who gazes down on four interlocked dancers. That work in this genre is Nicholas Lancret's Dance Before a Fountain. This genre's first appearance in the records of the Academie des Beaux Artes is in place of the crossed out title of a reception piece which depicts an armless, flower-clad statue on the right and a procession of courtly ladies and gentlemen proceeding to a golden boat on the left center. For 10 points, name this Rococo genre, exemplified by Antoine Watteau's Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera.
Martin Eidelberg has identified an unnamed painter in this genre, dubbed "The Miles Master", as the artist behind a number of questionably attributed works that have gone to auction in the last 50 years, including two assigned to Philippe Mercier, England's first painter in this genre.
Fete Galante [or Feste Galante; accept Fete Champetre] 