A Lady Walking with a King Charles Spaniel
Three paintings by Jean-Frederic Schall (see also acc. nos 3617 and 3622). This example was collected by Alice de Rothschild. Schall painted a great many variations of the theme of a lady walking a dog, mainly in the late 1780s. It is doubtful if they were taken from identifiable models. The roses held by the lady suggest she may have been visited by a lover.
Schall trained in his native Strasbourg and, from 1772, at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, although he never became a member of the Académie. He produced erotic paintings of lovers and pastoral scenes for private patrons in France, Germany and England in a style based on earlier Rococo painters. During the French ...
Schall trained in his native Strasbourg and, from 1772, at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, although he never became a member of the Académie. He produced erotic paintings of lovers and pastoral scenes for private patrons in France, Germany and England in a style based on earlier Rococo painters. During the French ...
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c. 1775-c. 1790
Oil on canvas
380.0 x 315.0 x 30.0 mm
3618
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