Ladies make Music & Dance in the mid 18C French Garden

The artist here is Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1717-1806. French artist who also designed several gardens, including the jardin anglochinois Parc Monceau, Paris (1773–8), with its many diversions including "ruins," a "Dutch windmill," a "Tartar tent," and similar fabrications. One of its most unusual features was the Bois des Tombeaux (Wood of Tombs) containing forms of tombs (pyramids, etc.). Thomas Blaikie, the Scots landscape-gardener, was brought in (c.1781) to simplify Carmontelle's somewhat overladen scheme, but the work was an important catalyst in the adoption of the garden, embellished with monuments, into the 19C cemetery.

Mme de Meaux, Mlle de Meaux and Mr de Saint-Quentin, 1758

Madame la Comtesse Alexandre de Damas, 1784

Mme la Vicomtesse de Rochechouart, 1760s

Mlle Lani, 1765

Mme la Barone d'Holbach, 1766

Mme la Comtesse d'Auxy, c 1758

Mlle Chevalier, of the l'Académie Royale de Musique, c. 1760

On the Garden Terrace...

Mme de Villaumont and Mme Des Cours, c. 1760

Mesdemoiselles Royer, 1760

Mme la Barone de Talleyrand, 1765 

Mme la marquise de Rumain, la Comtesse de Polignac and Mademoiselle de Rumain,1768

Madame Moreau and Mademoiselle de Flinville, 1780s

Portrait of Ladies, c. 1780

1700s Music & Families in Gardens by Philippe Mercier (French-born artist, 1689-1760)

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

Music in the Garden - 1700s

Sayer & Bennett (British Publishers, 1774-1786) A young woman sitting on a chair in a garden holding up a sheet of music 1781 

Music in the Garden - 1700s

Thomas Medland (British printmaker, 1780 active-1833 died) Women sitting on chairs in a garden under a trellis, one on the left reading, another sewing, with a lute and music lying in the foreground 1797

Music in the Garden - 1700s

Richard Houston (British printmaker) Fête Champêtre; a man playing a flute, while a couple sit singing from a shared music book

Music in a Garden - 1700s

John Jones (British printmaker, c 1745-1797) A young woman, sitting on a garden terrace reading a music book with a lute behind her and a dog at her feet. 1790

Music in the Garden - 1700s

Laurie & Whittle; Robert Laurie and James Whittle A young woman sitting on a chair in a garden holding up a sheet of music 1781

Music in the Garden - 1700s

 A Follower of Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) A Concert in the Park

 Bernard Picart (1673-1733) Music in the Garden

 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 on a Garden Terrace

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

Musicians in Pastoral Setting on a Garden Terrace after Nicolas Lancret (French artist, 1690–1743)

17C Garden Celebrations by Dirck Hals 1591-1656

1620 Dirck Hals  (Dutch Baroque Era painter, 1591-1656) Music Making on the Garden Terrace

 1627 Dirck Hals  (Dutch Baroque Era painter, 1591-1656) Fete Champetre

 1620 Dirck Hals (1591-1656) Music Making on the Garden Terrace

 Dirck Hals (Dutch Baroque Era painter, 1591-1656) Cheerful Company in the Park

 Dirck Hals (Dutch Baroque Era painter, 1591-1656) Company in the Garden

 Dirck Hals (Dutch Baroque Era painter, 1591-1656) Company on the Garden Terrace

 Dirck Hals (Dutch Baroque Era painter, 1591-1656) Merry Company Making Music on a Garden Terrace

 Dirck Hals (Dutch Baroque Era painter, 1591-1656) Music on the Garden Terrace

 Dirck Hals (Dutch Baroque Era painter, 1591-1656) Oysters on the Garden Terrace

Dirck Hals. (1591-1656) Music in a Garden

1687 Love & Music - Peter Rollos (fl 1619-1639)

Peter Rollos (fl 1619-1639), The center of love 1687

On the Garden Terrace - 17C Families by Gonzales Coques c.1615-1684

Gonzales Coques (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1615-1684) A Family Group by a Garden Fountain

Gonzales Coques (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1615-1684) A Family in a Garden Landscape

Gonzales Coques (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1615-1684) Family in Garden Landscape

Gonzales Coques (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1615-1684) Family of Jan Baptista Anthonie

Gonzales Coques (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1615-1684) Family Portrait

Gonzales Coques (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1615-1684) Gentleman with two daughters 1664

1662 Married Couple in the Park attributed to Gonzales Coques (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1615-1684)

Merry Company on & off the 17C Garden Terrace.

Jan Miense Molenaer (Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1610-1668) Merry Company on the Garden Terrace.  (Not exactly sure about the folks just outside the terrace on the pathway.)

1640-1660 Music before the Village Garden

1640-60 in the style of Joos de Momper the younger A Music Party before a Village Garden

17C Garden Celebrations - 6 Outdoor Parties by David Vinckboons (1576-c1632)

1610 David Vinckboons (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1576-ca.1632) An Outdoor Party

David Vinckboons (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1576-ca.1632) An Outdoor Party

David Vinckboons (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1576-ca.1632) An Outdoor Party

David Vinckboons (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1576-ca.1632) An Outdoor Party

David Vinckboons (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1576-ca.1632) An Outdoor Party

David Vinckboons (Flemish artist, 1576-c.1632) Jardin d'Amour