A 'Merienda' at a Country Inn

Luis Paret y Alcazar (1746 - 1799)

York Art Gallery

1772 - 1773

A genre scene depicting an aristocratic couple and their extensive entourage who have stopped in a village and encamped. In the foreground the couple are having a merienda or picnic while a barefoot innkeeper serves them wine.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 45 x 55 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £70000 ( Total: £130,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2001
• Vendor: Colnaghi

Provenance

General Maxime Weygand (1867-1965); Christie's, New York, 1999; Colnaghi.

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