fancy pictures

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Scope note
Refers to paintings of genre scenes combined with portraits, often portraying idealized rural scenes and peasants or aristocratic patrons dressed as peasants. The term generally applies to such pictures produced in studios in the 18th-century.
fancy pictures
Accepted term: 13-May-2024