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| Portrait of Watteau by François Boucher |
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 4 of a 5-part series on the works of Jean-Antoine Watteau:
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| c1717 Study for The Festival of Love red chalk and graphite on buff laid paper 19.6 x 26.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| c1717 The Festival of Love oil on canvas 61 x 75 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden |
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| c1717 The Festival of Love detail |
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| c1717 The love song oil on canvas 51.3 x 59.4 cm The National Gallery, London |
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| 1718 The Capricious Girl oil on canvas 42 x 34 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1718 Two studies of a Flutist and a study of the head of a boy red, black, and white chalk, on buff-coloured paper 21.4 x 33.5 cm J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| 1718-19 Fêtes Vénitiennes oil on canvas 56.3 x 46.2 cm National Galleries, Scotland |
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| 1718-19 Fêtes Vénitiennes detail |
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| 1718-19 Fêtes Vénitiennes detail |
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| 1718-19 La Surprise oil on panel 36.4 x 28.2 cm Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Los Angeles |
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| 1718-19 Pierrot chalk on paper? study for the painting below: |
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| 1718-19 Pierrot, formerly known as Gilles oil on canvas 184.5 x 149.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| 1718-19 Three studies of a woman's head and a study of hands red chalk and graphite with black chalk and pink wash on laid paper 17.9 15.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1718-19 View of a house, a cottage, and two figures red chalk on laid paper 17.9 x 15.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| c1718-19 Pilgrimage to Cythera oil on canvas 1200 x 190 cm Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin |
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| c1718-19 Pilgrimage to Cythera detail |
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| c1718-19 Pilgrimage to Cythera detail |
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| c1718-19 Pleasures of love oil on canvas 60 x 75 cm Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden |
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| c1718-19 Pleasures of love detail |
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| c1718-19 Pleasures of love detail |
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| c1718-19 The Feast of Love oil on canvas 61 x 75 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden) |
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| c1718-19 The Feast of Love detail |
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| c1718-19 The Feast of Love detail |
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| c1718-20 Mezzetin (a stock comic character of the Italian commedia dell’arte) oil on canvas 55.2 x 43.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1718-21 Pastoral Gathering oil on panel 48.6 x 64.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1718-21 Pastoral Gathering detail |
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| 1718-21 Pastoral Gathering detail |
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| c1718 A capricious woman oil on canvas 42 x 34 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| c1718 Italian comedians taking their bows red chalk and graphite on cream laid paper 17.8 x 18.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| c1718 Fountain nymph oil on canvas 74.3 x 78.4 cm Private Collection |
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| c1718 The Music Party oil on canvas 67 x 93 cm Wallace Collection, London |
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| c1718 The Music Party detail |
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| c1718 The Music Party detail |
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| 1719-20 Actor standing with head turned to the right red chalk on paper 17.1 x 13.1 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| 1719-20 Italian comedians red, black, and white chalks, with stumping, on cream laid paper 26.1 x 40.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| c1719 The perfect accord oil on chestnut panel 33 x 27.9 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA |
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| c1719 Woman in black ed and black chalk on paper 19.7 x 17.9 cm The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA |
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| 1720 The Italian Comedians oil on canvas 63.8 x 76.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1720 The Italian Comedians detail |
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| 1720 The Italian Comedians detail |
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| 1733 Comediens Italiens etching and engraving 33.3 40.4 cm (plate) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1720 The Sign of Gersaint (diptych) oil on canvas 163 x 306 cm Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin |
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| 1720 The Sign of Gersaint detail |
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| 1720 The Sign of Gersaint detail |
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| 1720 Two studies of a boy chalk on paper 17.5 x 17.6 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam |
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| c1720-21 Seated woman looking down red and black chalk with stumping on laid paper 21 x 14.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| c1720-21 Three portraits of musicians graphite with traces of blue pastel, on yellowed beige paper 24.1 x 27.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| c1720-40 Study for an arched decorative panel, with three hunting dogs and dead game (Attributed to Watteau) red chalk on paper 15.8 x 21.7 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam |
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| c1720 The french comedians oil on canvas 57.2 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| c1720 The french comedians detail |
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| c1720 The french comedians detail |
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| Paravent de Six Feuilles etching on paper |
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| Harlequin standing etching © The Trustees of the British Museum |
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| Shepherd seated, leaning on a staff, near a shepherdess etching on paper 39.4 x 19.7 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| The bewitcher etching on paper 45.1 x 22.9 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| Lady with a guitar etching on paper |
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| Two figures with musical instruments etching on paper |
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| 1727 Study for "The Romancer" red and black chalk on yellow-beige laid paper 35 x 27.5 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| 1727 The Romancer oil on panel. 34.3 x 27.3 cm private collection |
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| c1729 Les Jardins de Bachus (The Garden of Bachus) etching on paper 28.9 x 39.7 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1731 Comediens François, Galli Comædi etching and engraving 32.8 x 42.2 cm (plate) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1734 L'Ile Enchantée, Insula Perjucunda etching and engraving 34.4 x 47.5 cm (image) Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| c1744 Landscape with a cottage and well red chalk, framing lines in pen and brown ink 8.4 x 14.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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