The Ham Dinner

The Ham Dinner (French - Le Déjeuner de jambon) is a 1735[2] painting by Nicolas Lancret(22 January 1690 – 14 September 1743), a French painter who was born and died in Paris.[3]

The Afternoon Meal
French: Le Déjeuner de jambon
ArtistNicolas Lancret[1]
Year1735
LocationMusée Condét

It and de Troy's The Oyster Dinner were commissioned by Louis XV to decorate the dining room of the lesser apartments at the Palace of Versailles. Both works are now in the Musée Condé.

See also

1648 Flemish painting of nearly the same name by David Teniers the Younger

References
  1. Jean Louis Flandrin; Jane Cobbi (1999). Tables d'hier, tables d'ailleurs: histoire et ethnologie du repas. Odile Jacob. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-2-7381-0564-6.
  2. José Artur; Hervé Chayette; Philippe baron de Rothschild (1997). Le Vin à travers la peinture. www.acr-edition.com. pp. 190–. ISBN 978-2-86770-007-1.
  3. The Oxford Dictionary of Art. pp. 390–. ISBN 978-0-19-860476-1.
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