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'On leaving this bath, whose charming freshness
Has calmed the fires of Cupid
Philis we know that whatever your delay
The little God has taken refuge in your eyes.'
A pendant composition, 'The Desire to Please', showing a lady at her dressing table surrounded by her maids (version, Paris, Louvre), was engraved the previous year by Surrugue. The interior and dressing table details suggest that both works were painted somewhat earlier, in the 1730s.
Title
The Bath (Le plaisir de l'été)
Date
1730s
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 45.6 x W 35.8 cm
Accession number
P472
Acquisition method
acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1852; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897
Work type
Painting
