The Fete Campetre is a typical scene, showing a group of figures having fun in an idealised landscape with classical ruins and sculpture. It has a similarity to the dreamlike scenes of the French painter Watteau, but Le Roy has clothed his figures in 17th century Flemish dress.
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Fete Campetre: Cavaliers and Women Round a Gaming Board by Joseph Le Roy, mid-19th century. Oil on canvas,
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