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| c1721 Portrait of Antoine Watteau by Rosalba Carriera pastel on blue laid paper 26.5 x 22.6 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main |
The son of a roof tiler, Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) showed a penchant for drawing and painting early in life. At eighteen he was apprenticed to a painter in his native town of Valenciennes. Soon after, with little money and few possessions, he made his way to Paris, where he made a living by copying the works of Titian and Paolo Veronese. There he entered the studio of Claude Audran III, the most renowned decorator in Paris, and met Claude Gillot, a decorator of theatrical scenery. The theatrical qualities of Watteau's paintings and drawings--their artificial illumination, costumes, and painted backdrops--reflect Gillot's influence. Watteau's subjects, often including figures from the commedia dell'arte, reflect his constant observation of the theater and the studies he often drew during performances.
Watteau invented a new type of painting, the fête galante. These large scenes of well-to-do men and women enjoying themselves outdoors allowed him to showcase his talent for conveying the delights and enchantments of nature and led to repeat commissions from such connoisseurs as Pierre Crozat. For years after his death, his compositions remained widely known in Europe through the circulation of engravings and drawings.
J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
This is part 2 of a 5-part series on the works of Jean-Antoine Watteau:
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| c1710 The Robber of the sparrow's nest oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on panel 22.6 x 18.5 cm National Galleries, Scotland |
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| c1710 The seated woman etching on paper 11.1 x 7.1 cm The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA |
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| c1710 The walker seen from the front etching on paper 11.4 x 7.3 cm The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA |
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| c1710 Tobit burying the dead red chalk on laid paper, laid down on an old album sheet 22.8 x 17.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| c1710 Woman standing, back view etching and engraving (finished by Henri-Simon) 11.7 x 6.9 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| c1710 Woman walking outside a town etching and engraving (Finished by Henri-Simon Thomassin) 12.5 x 8.1 cm (sheet) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1711 Allegory of winter, or children's parody of a Ball red chalk on paper 16.2 x 22 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany |
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| 1711-12 Actors of the Comedie-Francaise oil on panel 20 x 25 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1711-12 Actors of the Comedie-Francaise detail |
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| 1711-12 Actors of the Comedie-Francaise detail |
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| c1711-12 A Fête Galante with Falconers red chalk over graphite on laid paper 18.8 x 34.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| c1711-12 The Gallant Gardener red chalk on laid paper 22.9 x 18.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1711-15 Study of plants and grasses, with buildings in the background black chalk and grey wash 18.3 x 23.8 cm © The Trustees of the British Museum, London |
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| c1711 Fragment of a landscape study with a building red chalk on paper 15.7 x 13.6 cm Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam |
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| c1711 Marriage contract and Country Dance oil on canvas 47 x 55 cm © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid |
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| c1711 Marriage contract and Country Dance detail |
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| c1711 Marriage contract and Country Dance detail |
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| c1711 Two Actors (one with a guitar) and a dog red chalk on paper 13.6 x 15.7 cm Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam |
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| 1712 Study for the Bearded Doctor in Les Comédiens Italiens red and black chalk on paper 25.6 x 20.6 cm |
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| 1712-13 Fête in a Park oil on canvas 47.2 x 56.9 cm © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid |
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| 1712-13 Fête in a Park detail |
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| 1712-13 Fête in a Park detail |
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| 1712-13 Two studies of a dancer, raising her skirt in her two hands red chalk on cream laid paper 17.6 x 13.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1712-14 The Dreamer oil on panel 23.2 x 17 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| c1712 Actors of the Comédie-Française oil on canvas 20 x 25 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1712c Pierrot content oil on canvas 35 x 31 cm Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| c1712 The robber of the sparrow's nest oil on canvas 23.1 x 18.7 cm National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh |
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| c1712 The wedding procession red chalk over red chalk counter-proof on laid paper 22.2 x 17.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1713-14 Study of three male figures red chalk on cream paper 19.7 x 15.5 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Australia |
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| c1713-14 Hunting party, hunter with four dogs in a landscape red chalk on paper 40.3 x 54.1 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany |
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| 1713-17 Evening landscape with spinner oil on canvas 55 x 66 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam |
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| 1713-17 Evening landscape with spinner detail |
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| c1713-17 Reclining nude oil on panel 14 x 17.1 cm © The Norton Simon Foundation, Pasadena, CA |
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| c1713 Three views of a military drummer red chalk on cream antique laid paper 15.5 x 19.6 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA |
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| c1714-18 Standing woman holding a spindle, and head of a woman in profile to right two shades of red chalk 16.4 x 12.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| c1714 Landscape with a country house red chalk 8.4 x 14.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1715 Man with a showcase black and red chalk on paper 30.1 x 20.7 cm Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam |
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| 1715-16 Diana at her bath oil on canvas 80 x 101 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| 1715-16 Jupiter and Antiope oil on canvas 73 x 107 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| 1715-16 Recruit going to join the regiment etching on paper 32 x 48.2 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA |
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| 1715-16 Studies of three women red, black, and white chalk 26.8 x 32.7 cm J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| 1715-16 Study of two young Cobblers red and black chalk on paper 22.2 x 21.7 cm Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam |
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| 1715-16 The Clothes are Italian etching and engraving on laid paper 30.5 x 21.3 cm (image) Courtauld Institute of Art, London Photo © The Courtauld |
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| 1715-16 The clothes are Italian etching on laid paper 27.5 x 20 cm (image) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| 1715-16 The March of Silenus red, black, and white chalks on brown laid paper 15.6 x 21.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1715-16c Satyr lifting drapery black chalk, red chalk and highlights with white chalk, stump and graphite, on beige paper (size not given) Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| 1715-16c Sheet of studies after Old Masters red chalk on laid paper 17.7 x 29 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Photo © The Courtauld |
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| c1715 Carmelite friar, standing black and red chalk on laid paper 33.6 x 23.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Photo © The Courtauld |
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| c1715 Recruits going to join the Regiment etching om paper 20.9 x 33.3 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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