November and December (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jean-Antoine Watteau
French1684–1721Rococo
About
Jean-Antoine Watteau 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.
Notable works
January and February (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The French Comedians
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mezzetin
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Deux études de jeune homme dansant
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
Etude de deux figures de femmes, vues de dos
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
La Buveuse
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
Jeune Femme et Mezzetin
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
Etude d'homme assis
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
Jeune Femme assise à terre
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
Works in the collection
134 works
November and December (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
January and February (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The French Comedians
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mezzetin
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Deux études de jeune homme dansant
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
Etude de deux figures de femmes, vues de dos
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
La Buveuse
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
Jeune Femme et Mezzetin
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
Etude d'homme assis
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
Jeune Femme assise à terre
at Musée Cognacq-Jay
More by Jean-Antoine Watteau in institutions
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
Petit Palais
8th arrondissement of Paris, France
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
Musée Cognacq-Jay
3rd arrondissement of Paris, France
Condé Museum
Chantilly, France
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Bezirk Mitte, Germany
National Museum in Warsaw
Śródmieście, Poland
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, United States
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London Borough of Southwark, United Kingdom
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, United States
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena, United States
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
Nantes Museum of Arts
Nantes, France
Groeningemuseum
Bruges, Belgium
Museum of Grenoble
Grenoble, France
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Khamovniki District, Russia
Musée Carnavalet
3rd arrondissement of Paris, France
The Frick Collection
Manhattan, United States
