Keywords: Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin, A Street Show in Paris, 1760.jpg Artwork en Harlequin and Crispin are seen duelling on a simple stage They are characters from the 'commedia dell'arte' a popular form of comic theatre that originated in Italy Street theatre was popular in 18th-century Paris The trees in this picture form a arch which makes the spectators as much a spectacle as the show itself A picture of approximately the same size 'La RĂ©union du Boulevard' now at Perpignan may have been intended as a pendant An etching by Duclos of this picture gives the painter and the date 1760 1760 Oil on canvas 80 x 64 1 cm Institution National Gallery London object history exhibition history credit line Bought 1907 http //www nationalgallery org uk/paintings/gabriel-jacques-de-saint-aubin-a-street-show-in-paris National Gallery London accession number NG2129 PD-100 Urban life paintings of Paris Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin French paintings in the National Gallery London 1760 paintings 1760s paintings from France Theatre in art Street theatre in Paris Parade French street entertainment Paris in the 1760s |