The Oyster Dinner
The Oyster Dinner (French - "Le Déjeuner d'huîtres") is a 1735 painting by Jean-François de Troy. It and Nicolas Lancret's "The Ham Dinner" were commissioned by Louis XV to decorate the dining room in the lesser apartments at the Palace of Versailles. It includes the first appearance of a champagne bottle in painting. Both paintings are now in the Musée Condé.
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Jean-François de Troy
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