Boarding for Kythera Island - Antoine Watteau
Boarding for Kythera Island - Antoine Watteau
Boarding for Kythera Island - Antoine Watteau
Boarding for Kythera Island - Antoine Watteau
Boarding for Kythera Island - Antoine Watteau
Boarding for Kythera Island - Antoine Watteau

Engraving Boarding for Kythera Island - Antoine Watteau

KM001308
It was when Antoine Watteau's Pilgrimage to Kythera Island was admitted to the Academy in 1717 that the institution created the category "Fête galante". The creation of this new genre corresponded to the relaxation of morals at the beginning of the regency of the Duke of Orleans; the term covers charming...
Read more
Sold by GrandPalaisRmn

Characteristics

Delivery
Please contact the sales team to check this item’s availability and delivery times.
Maintenance
Eviter toute source d'humidité et de lumière directe. Ne pas plier la feuille
Printing Technique
Eau-forte, burin
Themes
Country and outdoor scenes, Made in France
Dimensions
63 x 90 cm
Engraving date
1864
Artist
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
Art movement
18th century
Reference
KM001308
EAN
3336727325636
Matière de l'article
Hahnemühle paper
Package Dimensions
90cm x 63cm
Editor
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Conservation museum
Paris - Chalcographie du musée du Louvre

Our selection

Genre Scenes & Ceremonies

The work and its artist

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

He is one of the leading exponents of the rocaille movement. Inspired by the commedia dell'arte, he liked to represent the theatre in his paintings, whether through the heavy curtains or the themes. Despite a brief career lasting around fifteen years, he enjoyed success during his lifetime and left a considerable body of work.

Watteau's profound originality lies in the strange, melancholy world he was able to create. His art delicately evokes the evanescent moments when, for a moment, people manage to break their solitude through tenderness, sensuality and exchange.

See all products of this artist