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Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering)

A work made of oil on panel.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of oil on panel.

Date:

1718/21

Artist:

Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
with the assistance of Jean-Baptiste Pater (French, 1595-1736)

About this artwork

Jean-Antoine Watteau developed the genre of painting known as fête champêtre, featuring courting figures relaxing in a landscape. The elegant figures in Pastoral Gathering are grouped to suggest the three phases of love: childhood innocence (left), romantic enchantment and courtship (center), and amorous attainment (right). The transitory nature of romance is underscored by the changing autumn leaves and waning afternoon light. This painting may have been begun by Watteau toward the end of his career and finished by Jean-Baptiste Pater, who studied under Watteau and completed some of his unfinished projects.

Status

On View, Gallery 216

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Jean Antoine Watteau

Title

Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1718–1721

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

48.6 × 64.5 cm (19 1/16 × 25 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Max and Leola Epstein Collection

Reference Number

1954.295

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