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Description: | A game once practised by archers involved tying an effigy of a parrot, then known as a 'popinjay', to a pole. The first to sever the string with his arrow was the victor and would be awarded the title of 'Popinjay'. Consequently the term was often used to describe a vain young man. This artist's depiction of the game in practice is copied from Nicolas Lancret's The Four Ages of Man: Maturity which has a broader composition with cavorting couples seated around the two competitors. The humour of Lancret's visual pun seems rather lost in this toned-down nineteenth-century imitation. | Subjects: | figure; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lancret, Nicolas (French painter, draftsman, and collector, 1690-1743) Æ After Attributed to Gibson (British artist, active mid 19th century) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8495... | Go to resource |
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