Jean-Antoine Watteau

(French, 1684–1721)

Jean-Antoine Watteau was a seminal French painter of the Rococo style. Watteau’s lyrical paint handling and graceful compositions are exemplified in his work Pilgrimage to Cythera (1717). Born on October 10, 1684 in Valenciennes, France, he briefly apprenticed with a painter in his hometown before moving to Paris at the age of 18. Watteau regularly sketched scenes of life in the city and in 1703 entered the studio of Claude Gillot, a painter of opera sets. This exposure to the artificial lighting and costumery of the theater, as well as Gillot’s atmospheric handling of landscapes, nymphs, and fauns, greatly influenced the young Watteau. In the years that followed, he studied the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens, Correggio, and others, while garnering the patronage of collectors in Paris and abroad. Many of his mature works included portraits of characters from the Comédie-Italienne, most famously the ill-fated clown named Gilles. Watteau died at the height of his career from tuberculosis at the age of 37, on July 18, 1721 in Nogern-sur-Marne, France. The generation of painters that followed his death included both François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard. These two along with others were profoundly influenced by the theatrical scenes, feathery brushstrokes, and pastel hues employed by Watteau. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Louvre Museum in Paris, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, among others.

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Jean-Antoine Watteau Artworks

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A fête champêtre

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

A fête champêtre

Sale Date: February 18, 1998

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An elegant gentleman in a landscape -...

In the manner of Jean-Antoine Watteau

An elegant gentleman in a landscape -...

Sale Date: February 18, 1998

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Le repos des chasseurs

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Le repos des chasseurs

Sale Date: December 17, 1997

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Festen

In the manner of Jean-Antoine Watteau

Sale Date: November 26, 1997

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Peintre debout tenant sa palette de la main...

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Peintre debout tenant sa palette de la main...

Sale Date: November 25, 1997

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Homme debout, vu de trois quarts et tourné vers...

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Homme debout, vu de trois quarts et tourné vers...

Sale Date: November 25, 1997

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A fête champêtre

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

A fête champêtre

Sale Date: November 13, 1997

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Fête champêtre

In the manner of Jean-Antoine Watteau

Fête champêtre

Sale Date: October 30, 1997

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Liebespaar mit einem Dudelsackpfeifer in einem...

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

Liebespaar mit einem Dudelsackpfeifer in einem...

Sale Date: October 14, 1997

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L'Amour au théatre français

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

L'Amour au théatre français

Sale Date: July 1, 1997

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An embracing couple seated on the ground

Jean-Antoine Watteau

An embracing couple seated on the ground

Sale Date: January 29, 1997

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La pensive

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

Sale Date: December 2, 1996

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L'enseigne

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Sale Date: November 6, 1996

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La cascade

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

Sale Date: October 29, 1996

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Studie zum Brustbild einer jungen Fau mit...

Attributed to Jean-Antoine Watteau

Studie zum Brustbild einer jungen Fau mit...

Sale Date: October 15, 1996

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Quatre personnages de la comédie italienne dans...

Manner/Style of Jean-Antoine Watteau

Quatre personnages de la comédie italienne dans...

Sale Date: July 4, 1996

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A standing woman, looking down to the left

Jean-Antoine Watteau

A standing woman, looking down to the left

Sale Date: July 2, 1996

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Le bosquet de Bacchus

Circle of Jean-Antoine Watteau

Le bosquet de Bacchus

Sale Date: July 2, 1996

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Fêtes vénitiennes

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

Fêtes vénitiennes

Sale Date: May 29, 1996

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L'accordée de village

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

L'accordée de village

Sale Date: May 29, 1996

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Assis auprès de toy... sous ces charmans...

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

Assis auprès de toy... sous ces charmans...

Sale Date: May 29, 1996

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Countryfolk gathered to watch a scene from...

Manner/Style of Jean-Antoine Watteau

Countryfolk gathered to watch a scene from...

Sale Date: May 22, 1996

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The Isle of Cythera

Attributed to Jean-Antoine Watteau

The Isle of Cythera

Sale Date: May 16, 1996

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Les agréments de l'été

After Jean-Antoine Watteau

Les agréments de l'été

Sale Date: April 19, 1996

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