A Garden in the Background - Garden Terraces by Philippe Mercier (French artist, 1689-1760)

Philippe Mercier (French artist, 1689-1760) A Music Party 1737-40

 Philippe Mercier (French artist, 1689-1760) Prince of Wales and his sisters 1733 making music in the garden

Philippe Mercier (French artist, 1689-1760) The Schultz Family and their Friends on a Garden Terrace 1725

1700s Music Parties Outdoors in Gardens & Parks

 1720 Unknown French artist. A Musical Assembly in a Park

 A Country Party of Musicians (after Jean-Baptiste Pater) 1730-50

 Alexander van Haecken (Flemish artist, 1701-1758) A Fashionable Music Party

 Music Party under an Awning (after Jean-Antoine Watteau (French artist, 1684–1721)

 Musicians in Pastoral Setting after Nicolas Lancret (French artist, 1690–1743)

1645 A Dear Surprise in the Spring Garden

1645 Joachim von Sandrart (After) Joachim von Sandrart (Published by) Jonas Suyderhoef Dutch - April

1622 Music in the Garden

Garden party with music making 1622

1600s Music & Garden

Frontispiece to Thomas Salmon, 'An essay to the advancement of musick' (London, 1672) A woman playing a stringed instrument with a garden and fountain in background

Garden Entertaining attributed to Lodewijk Toeput, called Ludovico Pozzoserrato (1550-1605)

Lodewijk Toeput (1550-1605) called Lodovico Pozzoserrato Concert in a Villa Garden.  Lodewijk Toeput, called il Pozzoserrato (c 1550-1603-05) was a Flemish landscape painter and draftsman active in Italy. In Antwerp he is believed to have studied with Maerten de Vos, a leading history painter who had studied in Italy.  He is mainly known for his canvases and frescoes of landscapes and formal gardens with banquets and music-making groups.  Toeput painted various elegant gardens with figures engaging in courtly love or concerts. Many of his garden scenes were likely inspired by contemporary Flemish prints. The background of this painting shows an extesive but intimate formal garden with statues.