Chinoiserie Design of a Spring Scene

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

1771

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Amiens Cathedral, shown at an angle, stands brightly behind a rioting crowd that is primariy shown in shadow.
Two police officers stand over the bed of a young man with a surprised expression. Other men rise from their beds with various expressions.
Portrait of Emma Hart Hamilton, half-length, directed away from viewer but head turned to look over her right shoulder, with loose hair topped by a grape vine wreath, a shawl over her shoulders, right hand gesturing toward her face; after painted portrait by Reynolds.
In an interior room with a view onto a landscape on the right, a woman sits on a chair and looks up to her husband who is holding a child on his arm. On the left, behind the chair, a maid carrying two doves. The mother is holding sheets with musical notations in her lap and a harpsichord stands against the wall on the right. A cat lies on a cushion in the left foreground. A dog jumps at the father's leg and looks towards the viewer.