2-645-961 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Ages of Man - Manhood', c1710-1740, (1910). From series 'The Four Ages of Man', third in a series of four canvases, showing two archers and women in a woodland setting. Lancret was one of the chief followers of Watteau in early 18th-century France, producing fetes galantes and conversation pieces for which he received considerable acclaim. Oil on Canvas. From The Connoisseur Vol XXVI. [Otto Limited, London, 1910]