The Approach to a Fair
Painting by Claude-Joseph Vernet
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The Approach to a Fair (French: Les abords d'une foire) is a 1774 landscape painting by the French artist Claude-Joseph Vernet. It depicts a view on the Rhône near the town of Beaucaire in southern France during its fair.[1]
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| Artist | Claude-Joseph Vernet |
| Year | 1774 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 98 cm × 163 cm (39 in × 64 in) |
| Location | Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
It was one of a pair of pictures commissioned from Vernet by the Controller-General of Finances Joseph Marie Terray along with its pendant Constructing a Main Road. Both paintings were exhibited at the Salon of 1775 at the Louvre in Paris.[2] Today the painting is in the collection of the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, having been acquired in 1837.[3]
