# The Courtyard of the Customs House

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LÉPICIÉ, Nicolas-Bernard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lpici-nicolas-bernard-ra159eb56021959>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 98 x 164 cm

## Commentary

This painting is a typical work from the artist&#39;s late period. The scene is presented as a slice of everyday life, and employs an ordered composition structured by the arcades which are in the purest classical style, as is the building on the right - the Paris Customs House.

## Related artworks

- [Louis-Philippe, Duke of Valois, on the Cradle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lpici-nicolas-bernard-ra159eb56021959/louis-philippe-duke-of-valois-on-the-cradle-r2738fba3948915>)
- [Portrait of a Young Lady Sewing](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lpici-nicolas-bernard-ra159eb56021959/portrait-of-a-young-lady-sewing-r48027ce110c3d0>)
- [The Calvary Chapel of the Church Saint-Roch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lpici-nicolas-bernard-ra159eb56021959/the-calvary-chapel-of-the-church-saint-roch-r172b2c2860a7a6>)
- [The Young Draughtsman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lpici-nicolas-bernard-ra159eb56021959/the-young-draughtsman-r4b502614d1291e>)

## Attribution

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