![Nicolas Lancret - The Four Ages of Man: Childhood [c.1735] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tB_0WSGLPr1ko13WGFmi2ZdEQofiBjqK5Pz8uD2KrPSAa0twi-mrlHjrDjUWSZ-6V3hjrIAYLHyrfuvnlwSimGzyctqiSQwz41yC8o-hR2mAVOhOm8cHEH0p-xYMDkzKw=s0-d)
Children play within a loggia, pulling along a girl on a toy cart, while a nurse who holds an infant looks on. This is the first of a series of four canvases by Lancret which represent the Four Ages of Man - Childhood, Youth, Maturity, and Old Age. The series, was engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin III; these engravings were announced as issued in July 1735, and it may be assumed that the pictures were painted not long before.
[Oil on canvas, 34.5 x 45.7 cm]
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