Studies of a Couple Seated on the Ground, Looking at a Songbook

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Nicolas Lancret (French, Paris 1690–1743 Paris)
Date: ca. 1740
Medium: Red, black, and white chalk on light gray-brown paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 9/16 in. (26 x 37 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2012
Accession no.: 2012.107

The Beautiful Greek Woman
Nicolas Lancret
1731–36 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001137
Head of a Man
Nicolas Lancret
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002210
Young Man Standing
Nicolas Lancret
18th century · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002431
Study of Two Small Girls
Nicolas Lancret
c. 1725 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002526