A Game of Billiards
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| Artist | Louis-Léopold Boilly |
| Year | 1807 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 56 cm × 81 cm (22 in × 32 in) |
| Location | Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg |
A Game of Billiards is an 1807 genre painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly.[1] Produced during the Napoleonic era, it depicts a game of billiards taking place in Paris. It is unusual for the fact both men and women are depicting playing the game.[2]
The painting has been described as Boilly's "most celebrated genre painting".[3] It was exhibited at the Salon of 1808 at the Louvre where it received great acclaim. It was then purchased by the Russian diplomat and art collector Nikolay Yusupov on a visit to Paris.[4] Today it is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.[5]
References
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[edit]- Bailey, Colin B. The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting. Yale University Press, 2003.
- Conisbee, Philip. French Genre Painting in the Eighteenth Century. National Gallery of Art, 2007.
- MacDonald, Heather Eleanor (ed.) French Art of the Eighteenth Century. Yale University Press, 2016.
- Sterling, Charles. Great French Painting in the Hermitage. Abrams, 1958.
- Whitlum-Cooper, Francesca. Boilly: Scenes of Parisian Life. National Gallery Company, 2019.
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