A Carnival Scene
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Artist | Louis-Léopold Boilly |
Year | 1832 |
Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
Dimensions | 60.3 cm × 106.5 cm (23.7 in × 41.9 in) |
Location | Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire |
A Carnival Scene is an 1832 genre painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly.[1] It depicts a Parisan street scene in the early years of the July Monarchy. A carnival is taking place in the The Marais district, outside the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin. It has been described as Boilly's "most ambitious crowd scene".[2]
It was exhibited at the Salon of 1833 at the Louvre.[3] Today it is in the collection of Ramsbury Manor in Wiltshire. In 2019 it featured in an exhibition at the National Gallery in London.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Whitlum-Cooper p.66-67
- ^ Alsdorf p.74-75
- ^ Whitlum-Cooper p.68
- ^ https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/past/boilly-scenes-of-parisian-life
Bibliography
[edit]- Alsdorf, Bridget. Gawkers. Princeton University Press, 2022.
- Whitlum-Cooper, Francesca. Boilly: Scenes of Parisian Life. National Gallery Company, 2019.