Antoine Watteau

(French, 1684–1721)

Room Paintings holds five paintings by Antoine Watteau, from the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art and The Met. They date from 1712 to 1720. We file all of them under Rococo. The most common subjects are women, forests and trees and landscapes. Two of them suit a room in our lists, most often the guest room and living room.

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Rococo 5

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The 5 paintings

Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering), Antoine Watteau, 1718–21, oil on panel

Antoine Watteau Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering), 1718–21 Art Institute of Chicago

The Dreamer (La Rêveuse), Antoine Watteau, 1712–14, oil on panel

Antoine Watteau The Dreamer (La Rêveuse), 1712–14 Art Institute of Chicago

The French Comedians, Antoine Watteau, ca. 1720, oil on canvas

Antoine Watteau The French Comedians, ca. 1720 The Met

A man wearing loose, ivory-white clothing stands flanked by two groups of people in this horizontal painting. All the people have pale or peachy skin except for one person, who may have a brown mask.

Antoine Watteau The Italian Comedians, probably 1720 National Gallery of Art

A woman wearing a white and pale pink robe and holding a sickle sits on billowing clouds flanked by a lion and two young people in this vertical, oval painting. All three people have pale skin with rosy cheeks and blond hair.

Antoine Watteau Ceres (Summer), c. 1717/1718 National Gallery of Art