short biography

Jean-Antoine Watteau (b. 1684, Valenciennes/France; d. 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne/France) was a painter and draftsman of the Rococo period. He painted genre and theater scenes. In 1717 he became a member of the Académie française. Important works are: "Arlecchino and Colombine," 1715; "The Embarkation to Kythera," 1717; "The Love Feast," 1720; "Gersaint's Shop Sign," 1720.

"Painter of the Gallant Feasts," Commedia dell'Arte.

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collection/s

Musée Condé / Château de Chantilly Courtauld, London Getty, Los Angeles Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt Louvre Paris Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Museo del Prado, Madrid Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (closed for renovation) Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes National Gallery, London National Museum, Warsaw Nationalmuseum Stockholm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München Staatliche Museen zu Berlin State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg / RUS Städel Museum, Frankfurt Teylers Museum, Haarlem
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    About Time The Courtauld, London