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Jean Antoine Watteau

1684–1721 · French

Born
1684 · Valenciennes
Died
1721 · Nogent-sur-Marne

50 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French painter and draughtsman whose career spurred a revival of interest in color and movement. He is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes and drew subjects from Italian comedy and ballet.

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Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK: , US: , French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato];Picard: [ʒɑ̃ ton wato]; baptised 10 October 1684 – died 18 July 1721) was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the waning Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical, Rococo. Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air. Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet.

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Jean-Antoine Watteau, Two Studies of a Flutist and a Study of the Head of a Boy

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Two Studies of a Flutist and a Study of the Head of a Boy, 1718

Red, black, and white chalk, on buff-colored paper

21.4 × 33.5 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-212876

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Seated Woman with a Fan

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Seated Woman with a Fan, about 1716–1717

Red, black, and white chalk, on light brown paper

19.2 × 21.4 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-207616

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Studies of Three Women

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Studies of Three Women, about 1715–1716

Red, black, and white chalk

26.8 × 32.7 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-206664

Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Remedy

Jean-Antoine Watteau

The Remedy, about 1716–1717

Red, black, and white chalk

23.3 × 37.1 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-205838

Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Clothes are Italian

Jean-Antoine Watteau

The Clothes are Italian, 1715–16

etching and engraving

37.2 × 26.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-197871

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur), c. 1716

red chalk; red and black chalk (upper left figure)

35 × 27.5 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-192283

Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Italian Comedians

Jean-Antoine Watteau

The Italian Comedians, about 1720

Oil on canvas

128.9 × 93.3 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-137258

Jean-Antoine Watteau, La Surprise

Jean-Antoine Watteau

La Surprise, about 1718–1719

Oil on panel

36.4 × 28.2 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-136457

Jean-Antoine Watteau, La Boudeuse

Jean-Antoine Watteau

La Boudeuse, 1718

oil paint

42 × 34 cm

Hermitage Museum

C24-422118

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Actors of the Comedie-Francaise

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Actors of the Comedie-Francaise, 1710

oil paint

20 × 25 cm

Hermitage Museum

C24-413213

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Fête in a Park

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Fête in a Park, 1712

oil paint

47.2 × 56.9 cm

Museo del Prado

C24-389350

Jean-Antoine Watteau, View through the Trees in the Park of Pierre Crozat

Jean-Antoine Watteau

View through the Trees in the Park of Pierre Crozat, 1715

oil paint

46.7 × 55.3 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-451565

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