Tag: Watteau| Antoine

Mezzetin (Mezetin) 1717-19 . Oil on canvas; 21-3/4 x 17 inches. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Munsey Fund, 1934 (34.138)
Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The Roofer’s Son: Watteau at the Met

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I don’t know how one can love Watteau without somehow making him one’s contemporary.

Antoine Watteau, [detail] The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Antonie’s Alphabet: Watteau and His World by Jed Perl

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