# The Chinese Hunt [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PATER, Jean Baptiste Joseph]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm ## Commentary This painting is a sketch for a panel which was commissioned in 1736 by Louis XV for the Petite Galerie in Versailles. The Gallery was decorated with exotic hunting scenes by Boucher, Lancret and others. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 3 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/weber\_freischutz\_chorus.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, Act III: Jägerchor</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Concert Champêtre]() - [Concert Champêtre]() - [Conversation Galante]() - [Fête Champêtre]() - [Fête Champêtre]() - [Fête Galante: La Barque de plaisir]() - [Gathering of Actors of the Comédie-Italienne in a Park]() - [Les Baigneuses \(The Bathers\)]() - [Mme. de Bouvillon Tempts Fate by Asking Ragotin to Search for a Flea]() - [On the Terrace]() - [Picking Roses]() - [Relaxing in the Country]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()