About this motif
Gallant parties in the countryside, known as "fêtes galantes", were a favourite theme of 18th-century French painters such as Watteau and Fragonard. They show a cheerful, playful world.
Bauer's medallion "Old Love" (KVCF-V-261) shows a couple picnicking beneath trees, she in a pink dress, he turned towards her, framed by a golden oval. Image about 10 x 14 cm on a 20 x 25 cm sheet, black and white or hand-coloured, framed on request.
