# The Billiard Room

**Nicolas Antoine Taunay** (French, 1755–1830)  
after 1810  
Oil on wood  
6 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (16.2 x 21.9 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982.60.49. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437775).

## About this work

Nicolas Antoine Taunay painted this (after 1810), aged about 56. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Nicolas Antoine Taunay](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/nicolas-antoine-taunay)

French, 1755–1830; born in Paris; died in Paris

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was about 56
- Real size: about 6½ × 8½ in (16 × 22 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Interiors, Men, Billiards, Dogs
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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