Pastoral scene, French painter, circle of Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745-1811), late 18th century. Measurements: frame W 103 x H 108.5 x D 4 cm; canvas W 90.5 x H 95.5 cm Price: confidential negotiation Object accompanied by our certificate of authenticity The painting, executed in oil on canvas towards the end of the 18th century, depicts a pastoral scene and is presented within a carved and gilded wooden frame from a later period. In the foreground on the right, a shepherd rests seated next to a trunk, surrounded by his flock of sheep and goats. In the center, a girl with a wicker basket in her hand full of herbs approaches him, offering him her left hand. Behind her, a mule carries work tools. The idyllic and romantic scene is set in a rural environment, with tree trunks protruding from a wall, which perhaps delimits a property, and which fades into the horizon, getting lost among hills and vegetation. Pastoral scenes are a pictorial genre that spread throughout Europe between the end of the 17th and 18th centuries, reaching its peak during the Rococo period in France. Stylistically, due to the type of subject, the color palette, and the setting, this work can be attributed to the circle of Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745-1811), a French painter who excelled in pastoral scenes, influenced by François Boucher. The pleasantness of the subject and the color palette played on light and bright tones, with bright reds and blues, give great decorative value to the painting, which is pleasant to enjoy and suitable to be exhibited in any environment you wish.