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Louis Le Nain (ca. 1600-24 May 1648) was born in Laon and was taught there by a foreign artist, possibly Claude Vignon. He moved to Paris before 1629 with his brother Antoine (ca. 1600-26 May 1648) and Mathieu (ca. 1607- 26 April 1677) with whom he had always worked, settling in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. As they worked together, the attribution of their paintings is still problematic. They ran an important studio in Paris and enjoyed a great success as portrait and genres painters.

This painting is a fine example of the Le Nain's production of austere genre paintings. It shows a family of three people in an outdoor space, before a 17th century lime-kiln. This composition focuses on labour and pleasure, the old man holds a jug of wine, the young boy is playing the flageolet while the woman is showed with a spindle. The Le Nain were responsible for the introduction of genre paintings in France during the first half of the 17th century but their individual manners are almost indistinguishable and far from easy to determine. The attribution of the present painting oscillates therefore between Louis and Matthieu.

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Title	The Flageolet Player
Materials and techniques	oil on canvas
Brief description	Oi • License this image Louis Le Nain (ca. 1600-24 May 1648) was born in Laon and was taught there by a foreign artist, possibly Claude Vignon. He moved to Paris before 1629 with his brother Antoine (ca. 1600-26 May 1648) and Mathieu (ca. 1607- 26 April 1677) with whom he had always worked, settling in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. As they worked together, the attribution of their paintings is still problematic. They ran an important studio in Paris and enjoyed a great success as portrait and genres painters. This painting was recently firmly attributed to Louis Le Nain. It shows a family of peasants with a flat landscape and a low blue sky in the background in a particularly large format. Particularly notable is the monumentality of the figures and their sombre dignity that was unusual for the period, which appears to be a distinctive feature of the Le Nain, responsible for the introduction of genre painting in France during the second quarter of the 17th century. Object details Category Object type Titles The Resting Horseman La Halte du Cavalier (trade title) Landscape with figures Materials and techniques oil on canvas Brief description Oil painting, 'La Halte du Cavalier', Louis Le Nain, Paris, 1640s. Physical description In a flat landsca