A Street Show in Paris
| A Street Show in Paris | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Gabriel de Saint-Aubin |
| Year | 1760 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 80 cm × 64.1 cm (31 in × 25.2 in) |
| Location | National Gallery, London |
A Street Show in Paris (French: La Parade du Boulevard) is a 1760 genre painting by the French artist Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. It depicts a Parade, a form of street entertainment, on the boulevards of Paris. Beneath an arch of tall trees, a crowd watches a performance as two characters fight a duel.[1] Saint-Aubin aspired to be a celebrated painter, but became best known as an illustrator.[2] It was produced as an attempt to capitalise on the growing popularity of crowd scenes of everyday life in the French capital. He produced a pendant painting The Meeting on the Boulevard. [3] The painting is in the collection of the National Gallery in London, having been acquired in 1907.[4]
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- Bailey, Colin B. The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting. Yale University Press, 2003.
- Levey, Michael. Painting and Sculpture in France, 1700-1789. Yale University Press, 1993.