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Watteau, Music, and Theater
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The Island of Cythera (
L'Isle de Cythère
)
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Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
The Island of Cythera (
L'Isle de Cythère
)
, ca. 1709–10
Oil on canvas; 17 x 21 in. (43.1 x 53.3 cm)
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main (2150)
The Foursome (
La Partie quarrée
)
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Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
The Foursome (
La Partie quarrée
)
, ca. 1714
Oil on canvas; 19 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (49.5 x 62.9 cm)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum Purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Fund (1977.8)
The Pleasures of the Ball
(Les Plaisirs du bal
)
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Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
The Pleasures of the Ball
(Les Plaisirs du bal
)
Oil on canvas; 20 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (52.6 x 65.4 cm)
By Permission of the Trustees of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London (156)
Love in the Italian Theater (
L'Amour au théâtre italien
)
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Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
Love in the Italian Theater (
L'Amour au théâtre italien
)
Oil on canvas; 14 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (37 x 48 cm)
Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin (470)
The Surprise (
La Surprise
)
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Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
The Surprise (
La Surprise
)
Oil on wood; 14 x 13 1/2 in. (35.6 x 34.3 cm)
Private collection, courtesy of Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd.
Mezzetin (
Mezetin
)
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Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
Mezzetin (
Mezetin
)
Oil on canvas; 21 3/4 x 17 in. (55.2 x 43.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Munsey Fund, 1934 (34.138)
Concert in the Oval Salon of Pierre Crozat's House at Montmorency
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Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743)
Concert in the Oval Salon of Pierre Crozat's House at Montmorency
, ca. 1720
Oil on canvas; 14 x 17 1/2 in. (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Michael L. Rosenberg Foundation, Dallas
A Masked Ball in Bohemia
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Attributed to Andreas Altomonte (Austrian, 1699–1780) or possibly to Josef Lederer (Czech, act. 1748)
A Masked Ball in Bohemia
, ca. 1748
Oil on canvas; 19 x 38 in. (48.3 x 96.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer, 1934 (34.83.2)
The Scene of the Two Carriages (
La Scène des deux carrosses
)
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Claude Gillot (French, 1673–1722)
The Scene of the Two Carriages (
La Scène des deux carrosses
)
Pen and black ink, brush and red chalk washes on white antique laid paper; 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (15.9 x 21.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, David T. Schiff and Oscar de la Renta Ltd. Gifts, 2006 (2006.93)
The Marquise de Pompadour in a Scene from
Acis et Galathée
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Charles-Nicolas II Cochin (French, 1715–1790)
The Marquise de Pompadour in a Scene from
Acis et Galathée
, 1749
Gouache and watercolor over traces of black chalk on ivory laid paper; 5 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (14 x 38.5 cm)
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, purchased 2006 (NGC 41953)
Vue de la Foire de Bezons
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Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780)
Vue de la Foire de Bezons
, 1750
Etching, third state of three; image: 4 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (12.5 x 15.5 cm), sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (13.9 x 16.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 (17.3.1122)
Harlequine
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Franz Anton Bustelli (German, d. 1763)Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, Germany
Harlequine
, ca. 1760
Hard-paste porcelain; H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950 (50.211.251)
A Puppet Show
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Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, 1716–1794) and Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe (French, 1750–1812)
A Puppet Show
, ca. 1779
Vellum, 1 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (30 x 60 mm), set in the base of a gold box
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.1130)
See an image of the work on the lid of the same box.
Musette de Cour
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Musette de Cour
, ca. 1700France
Leather, ivory, silk, wood, silver, iron, length of chanter with tenon: 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm); length of bourdon: 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm); length of bellows: 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 2003 (2003.63a–d)