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Jean -Antoine Watteau - after, ‘Fêtes Vénitiennes‘, circa 1900

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:700.00 EUR Estimated At:1,120.00 - 1,400.00 EUR
Jean -Antoine Watteau - after, ‘Fêtes Vénitiennes‘, circa 1900
The present work derives from the painting ‘Fêtes Vénitiennes’ (1718/19) of the French Rococo painter Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 -1721), now in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. The artist has painted the present version after a print of 1732. The seated musician is traditionally identified with a self-portrait of Watteau, while the dancer in the center is considered the mistress of the Duke of Orleans. Her dancing partner is Nicolas Vleughels, a Flemish painter and friend of Watteau.



The painting is in good condition showing some wear marks. There a few parts with barely visible dents caused by the pressure of the stretcher. The gilt stucco frame is overall in good condition, showing some cracks and losses at the lower right. The overall dimensions, with frame, are 51 x 45 cm, and the stretcher measures 42 x 36 cm.



Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

Jean-Antoine Watteau began his artistic education at the age of 10 with Jacques-Albert Gérin in Valenciennes. In 1702, the young artist moved to Paris, where he started working as a stage painter with Claude Gillot, and later as a decoration painter with Claude Audran, the custodian of the Galerie du Luxembourg. He was accepted at the Academy in 1708, and he became a member in 1717, after applying for it with his painting ‘The Embarkation for Cythera‘ (now in the Louvre). Watteau is often considered the most important painter of the French Rococo and is known as the inventor of the ‘Fêtes Galantes‘. His works are on display in major museum collections, for example in the Louvre or Eremitage. Greater collections of his works can be found in Sanssouci castle in Potsdam, and in the Wallace Collection in London.
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