Although the pastoral subject matter of this painting is entirely compatible with that of the Le Clercs (see AGLG 322), it is better composed, finer in handling, and somewhat blonder in colouring, than the generality of the works given to them. The outlines of the figures and animals are more precisely drawn, and the faces of the protagonists are less stereotyped (that of the young woman dancing has in any case suffered damage in the past). Rather, however, than seek for another artist to attribute the painting to, it is perhaps preferable to see this as an early work – and by Louis-Auguste rather than Jacques-Sébastien III – before their idiom had become formulaic.