# Merry Company

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/merry-company-r5aabb9f940de1e>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [TOURNIER, Nicolas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 126 x 171 cm

## Commentary

The composition follows the example set by Caravaggio and populrized by Bartolomeo Manfredi. The intimity of the scene is close to the paintings of Georges de La Tour. There is a similar version of the painting in the City Art Gallery in St. Louis.

## Related artworks

- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/crucifixion-r43f4a80a1db686>)
- [Denial of St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/denial-of-st-peter-rc7d897cc93585b>)
- [Drinking Party with a Lute Player](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/drinking-party-with-a-lute-player-r4f1293a0625229>)
- [Entombment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/entombment-rd193733ecce6d1>)
- [Lute Player](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/lute-player-ra140c920d4434b>)
- [Soldier](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/soldier-r2b5d7ebfd23cc0>)
- [St Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/st-paul-r6f3a5f3153d920>)
- [The Guard Room](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/the-guard-room-r5099ac4a009cfd>)
- [The Guardian Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/the-guardian-angel-r685fccdfbe1cdc>)
- [Victory of Constantine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tournier-nicolas-r2a2ad4ff413ff7/victory-of-constantine-r07a7a09b155dea>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)