Keywords: Adolphe Monticelli - Allegory - Walters 371990.jpg Monticelli an artist from Marseilles enjoyed a considerable following in the Paris of Napoleon III reigned 1852-70 He specialized in pastoral vistas such as this view of elegantly attired women relaxing in a park at twilight The subject recalls the fêtes galantes or outdoor scenes of amorous couples painted by the 18th-century masters Antoine Watteau and Nicolas Lancret but the unusual rich colors and dense brushwork of Monticelli's paintings attracted such avant-garde painters as Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh ca 1860 1865 oil on panel cm 34 3 68 2 accession number 37 1990 10404 George A Lucas Baltimore by purchase The Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore 1910 by bequest Henry Walters as intermediary Walters Art Museum 1944 by indefinite loan Walters Art Museum 1996 by purchase Museum purchase with exchange funds from the gifts of Mrs T Willing Balch Mrs Ludlow Baldwin Mrs Denison Frick Mr Martin Horowitz Mrs Thelma Pierce Louis E Shecter Mrs Henriette Stevens and William C Whittridge and the bequests of Miss Laura F Delano Mrs Ruth Mangels Wineholt Eppler and H Morris Whitehurst 1996 place of origin Lombardy Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Group paintings of women 1860s paintings |