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Jean-Antoine Watteau

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Painting of elegant figures gathering in a wooded park, with a distant town and cloudy sky beyond the trees.

Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering)

1718-21

Watteau painting of a couple embracing beside a guitar player in red costume, with a small dog and evening landscape.

La Surprise

about 1718-1719

Painting of costumed figures on a checkered floor under a classical arcade, with a man in embroidered silver costume at cente

The French Comedians

ca. 1720

Circular painting of a man with a cane and a woman in blue silk beside a seated lute player under trees.

The Cascade

Circular painting of a woman in grey gown and a dancing man in pink costume, with onlookers in a dark garden behind them.

The Country Dance

Painting of a woman on a swing pushed by a man between two trees, with classical urns and a sunburst arch behind.

The Swing

1712

Painting of a rural country dance: a woman in blue and a man in purple dance while musicians play beneath trees near a cottag

The Country Dance

1706

Painting of a woman seen from behind in a pink gown, fur-trimmed bodice and white bonnet, before a landscape with trees.

Polish woman (La femme polonaise)

1717

Young man in brown coat carrying a marmot in a wooden box, with a church tower and houses behind him under blue sky.

Savoyard with a Marmot, also known as „The Marmot“

1716

Woman in a black silk gown seated beside a man in a red plumed hat on a stone bench in a park landscape.

La Boudeuse (The Capricious Girl)

1718

Rococo scene of elegant figures in a wooded landscape, a man in yellow cloak gesturing toward a woman in grey gown.

An Embarrasing Proposal

1715

Full-length painting of a figure in white costume and wide hat standing before a landscape, with companions and a donkey near

Pierrot, formerly known as Gilles

1718

Watteau painting of elegant couples gathering on a grassy hill under trees, with cupids and a distant lake and mountains.

Pilgrimage to Cythera, so-called The Embarkation for Cythera

1717

Painting of elegantly dressed couples dancing on a garden terrace beside an urn and statue, with seated onlookers.

Rustic Dance

1700

Painting of elegantly dressed figures dancing and gathering in a wooded park, with a seated woman in white at a central table

"Capitulations of wedding and rural dance."

1711

Painting of a woman in a silver gown in a garden, with two seated figures in red and yellow beside her and a statue by a pond

The two cousins

1716

Watteau painting of a young woman in a green and red gown beside children, a dog, and flowers under a tree.

the Dance

1709

Painting of a man in a grey hat, red cape and pale green suit posing with one arm out in a landscape.

L'Indifférent

1710

Oil painting of a man in a brown coat leaning toward a seated woman in a gray dress beside a red cloth on grass.

The Faux Pas

1717

Oil painting of a couple reclining by trees on a riverbank, with a standing figure in red and onlookers at left.

Figures in Landscape

1700

Oil painting of a man in a pink costume with ruffled cuffs playing a guitar against a dark tree and open landscape.

The Serenade Giver (Mezzetin)

1715

Watteau painting of a lute player beside seated women and a man in a garden with a statue and trees.

The Love Lesson

1716

Painting of elegant couples in a wooded landscape boarding a boat, with cherubs and a flying cupid above.

The Embarkation for Cythera

1709

Seated woman with white headscarf and red feathered fan beside a monkey in a feathered cap, in a dark wooded landscape.

L'indiscret

1713

Painting of a woman reading in white satin beside a flute player, with a standing couple and a child in a leafy garden.

The Perfect Accord

1719

Painting of a woman in a white and pink gown seated against a tree in a garden, looking to the side.

L'Amante inquiète

1717

Seated musician in striped costume and ruffled collar playing a guitar in a shaded garden, by Watteau.

Mezzetin

1717

Painting of elegant couples in silk costumes on a shore, with cupids preparing a boat beneath a flying cupid and a wooded par

Embarking to Cythera

1709

Watteau painting of elegant figures in a garden with a fountain, reclining statue, stone urn and tall trees.

Fêtes Vénitiennes

1718

Oval painting of a sleeping nude nymph on a bank while a satyr with a leaf wreath leans over her in a wooded landscape.

Nymph and Satyr

1716

Painting of costumed commedia dell'arte performers, including a figure in white, standing beneath a tree under a cloudy sky.

The Italian Comedians

about 1720

Painting of costumed commedia dell'arte performers on a stage, with a white-clad Pierrot standing at the centre and a red cur

The Italian Comedians

probably 1720

Oval painting of a crowned woman in white drapery seated on a cloud with a lion, wheat sheaves, and putti.

Ceres (Summer)

c. 1717/1718

Painting of costumed children performing a theatrical dance in a dark interior while a seated woman watches at left.

Scène de la comédie italienne jouée par une troupe d'enfants

1706

Painting of a man in a brown costume with ruffled collar playing a guitar before a hilly landscape.

Mezztin jouant de la guitare

Painting of a couple embracing in a garden while a guitarist in red costume watches, with a small dog in the foreground.

The Surprise

1718

Painting of a man in a red coat resting in a grove beside a dog, with satyrs and nymphs in a cave behind him.

Portrait of Antoine de la Roque

1718

Dark wooded landscape with a piper in white, reclining nymphs, a satyr, and musicians beside a rocky outcrop.

Watteau - Fêtes au dieu Pan, inv. AH.91.48

1750

Painted decorative panel of a couple beside a gilded ledge, with scrollwork, a flower basket and a green landscape.

L'enjoleur

1707

Decorative panel showing a faun statue with a goat, flanked by trellis arches, flower vases, and birds on scrollwork.

Le Faune

1707

Painting of two women and a man in an elegant garden, one watering plants, with a fountain and trees behind them.

Schule Adeliges Liebes-Paar

1721

Elegant figures in silk costumes gather in a wooded park beneath tall trees, with a nude statue on the right.

Fête galante in a Wooded Landscape

1718

Painting of a harlequin in patchwork costume beside a woman in pink, with elegant figures and a statue in a garden.

Der galante Harlekin

1716

Painting of elegant figures in a garden with a fountain, stone balustrade, urn, and a musician playing lute beneath trees.

Venetian dance (Fetes Venitiennes)

Painting of costumed children performing a scene before a seated woman in an interior with busts and a red curtain.

Scène de la comédie italienne jouée par une troupe d'enfants. P665

1704

Painting of elegantly dressed figures conversing in a shaded garden with tall trees and a small dog on the grass.

La Conversation

1712

Courtly ceremony in a gilded interior, a man in orange placing a blue order ribbon on a seated youth among onlookers.

French Dauphin presented with an order

1710

Watteau painting of elegant figures dancing and gathering beneath an arcade, with musicians, a fountain and a garden beyond.

Les Plaisirs du Bal

1715

Painting of soldiers and women with children resting around a campfire in a military camp at dusk.

Bivouac

1709

Woman in a rose satin gown and white headdress seen from behind, standing before a landscape of trees under a blue sky.

Polish woman

1717

Painting of elegant figures in a wooded park, with a seated musician, couples on a stone terrace, and a reclining statue.

Pleasures of Love

1718

Painting of a seated couple in a wooded landscape with a dog and scattered flowers on a rock.

Der Jäger des Nestes

1710

Painting of elegant figures in pastel silks gathered in a shaded wooded clearing, with a horse and rider and a distant river.

Fete Champetre

1722

Painting of elegant couples in silk costumes ascending a wooded hill toward a ship, with flying cupids and a statue of Venus.

Embarkation for Cythera

1718

Painting of commedia dell'arte performers in costume, with a lute player and candlelit crowd at night.

The Italian Comedy (Love in the Italian Theatre)

1714

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in a feathered hat leaning toward a woman, with a head study at upper left.

Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)

c. 1716

Red and black chalk drawing of a bald man's head turned upward, with an open mouth and shaded face on pale paper.

Head of a Man

ca. 1718

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated woman turning her head and gesturing, with white highlights on tan paper.

Seated Woman

1716-17

Red chalk sketch of two women in long skirts, one turning back over her shoulder and one lifting her drapery.

Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands

1712/13

Pen and ink sketch of a woman in a bonnet and full skirt, leaning forward and holding a fan.

Woman Seated

1700s

Red and black chalk study of a boy's head and two flute players by Watteau, on a tan sheet.

Two Studies of a Flutist and a Study of the Head of a Boy

1718

Etching of a man with long curled hair leaning on a stone pedestal, with trees in the distant landscape behind him.

Standing Man Leaning on His Elbow

before 1710

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated woman in a flowing gown, looking down at an open fan.

Seated Woman with a Fan

about 1716-1717

Red and black chalk drawing of three women in flowing gowns, one seated holding a fan, two standing.

Studies of Three Women

about 1715-1716