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Description: | This painting of a young woman filling a scallop at a fountain is typical of Mercier's work. He originated the fancy picture (sentimental portrayals of figures in idealized domestic settings) and the conversation piece in England. Influenced by the art of Watteau and the fêtes galantes', the still-lifes of Boucher and, in choice of subject, the Dutch, Mercier was concerned to please. This portrayal could be a part of a set of the four elements in the Dumfries collection, this one symbolizing the element of water. Mercier, concerned with the anecdotal, innocent, and often allegorical story telling, had produced a similar series in his Five Senses. | Subjects: | figure; allegory (water) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Mercier, Philippe (French painter, 1689-1760, active in England) Æ Previously attributed to manner of Ramsay, Allan (Scottish painter and writer, 1713-1784) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8744... | Go to resource |
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