Portrait of Jean Antoine Watteau

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1684-1721

French Rococo Painter

Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) came to Paris at the age of eighteen and worked in the studio of Claude Gillot, famous for his scenes of Italian comedy. He then assisted Claude Audran III in decorating Parisian homes. He was patronized by the financier-collector Pierre Croza and had the opportunity to study his collection of Flemish and Italian drawings. In 1717, he was admitted to the Academy of Painting and Sculpture with the "Pilgrimage to Cythera", as a painter of "gallant feast". Watteau was the creator of this new genre: he painted many elegant, lovely pictures which - amidst verdant scenery - depict characters gathered for dancing, music and gallant encounters (Concert, Lovers' Delight). The painter is carried away by the world of the theatre, that of Gilles, melancholic and tender with his costume in subtle white and pink. Around the actor are clustered his companion characters in the spirit of commedia dell'arte - the Doctor on his donkey, Colombina, Maecenas in a red robe and another, a fourth artist with a hat cut like a cock's comb.

Watteau is in London for a while. In 1720 he took up his abode with his friend Gersin, a dealer in pictures on Notre Dame Bridge. In eight days he created for him the masterpiece - his final curtsy to youth and the fragility of life.

66 Watteau Artworks

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Love in the Country (Peaceful Love), c.1718/19 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$53.57
SKU: 13331-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:56 x 81 cm
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany

View through the Trees in the Park Pierre Crozat, c.1715 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$65.86
SKU: 2984-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:46.7 x 55.3 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

The Country Dance, c.1711 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 13350-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:43.2 x 32.4 cm
Huntington Library and Art Gallery, California, USA

Pierrot (Gilles), c.1718/19 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.99
SKU: 2980-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:185 x 150 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Cook, n.d. by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$59.47
SKU: 13335-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:53 x 44 cm
Art Museums, Strasbourg, France

The Shy Lover, 1718 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.31
SKU: 13342-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:55 x 43 cm
Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain

The Italian Comedy, c.1716 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 13348-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:37 x 48 cm
Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

Recreation Galante, c.1717/18 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$52.45
SKU: 13343-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:111 x 163 cm
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany

Quadrille (La Contredanse), c.1716/19 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.96
SKU: 2987-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:44.5 x 54.6 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA

Company in a Park, c.1716/17 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 13323-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:32.5 x 46.5 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Festival of Love (The Pleasures of Love), 1717 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$62.55
SKU: 2978-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:61 x 75 cm
Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

A Lady at her Toilet, c.1716/17 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 13339-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:45.2 x 37.8 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Reclining Nude, c.1713/17 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 3557-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:14 x 17.1 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA

The Fortune Teller, c.1710 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 2989-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:37.1 x 27.9 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA

The Music Lesson, c.1717/18 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 13357-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:16.1 x 19.9 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Whatever I Build, Assassins Destroy, c.1716/18 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 2982-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:26 x 37 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Ceres (Summer), c.1715/16 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$63.12
SKU: 13333-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:141.6 x 115.7 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Diana Bathing, c.1715/16 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.57
SKU: 13325-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:80 x 101 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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