Antoine Watteau Magnet - Pierrot, formerly known as Gilles, around 1719

IS201770
This magnet is produced to coincide with the "A New Look at Watteau. An Actor with No Lines: Pierrot, known as Gilles" exhibition at the Musée du Louvre from 16 October 2024 - 3 February 2025.

Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
Pierrot, formerly known as Gilles (detail), around 1719
Oil on canvas. H. 184...
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Characteristics

Maintenance
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Artist
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
Printing Technique
huile sur toile
Art movement
Rococo
Reference
IS201770
EAN
3336729271634
Matière de l'article
Alliages de métaux
Model dimensions
5.4cm x 7.9cm
Package Dimensions
5.4cm x 7.9cm
Editor
© GrandPalaisRmn
Original work kept at
Paris, musée du Louvre

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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.