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Title
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Village Betrothal
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Actual Title
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L'Accordée de village [The Village Bride]
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Date (Painted or Exhibited)
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1761
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Catalog Number
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114
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Catalog Description
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The scene is in France, where a betrothal is as binding as a marriage itself. The young couple are engaging themselves in presence of the lawyer and their friends.
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Alt-Text
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A scene of a family gathered indoors, with an older man seated at a table shaking hands with a standing young man, surrounded by women, children, and animals in a rustic, detailed 18th-century room.
