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Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), born in Valenciennes and active in Paris, gave a new form to encounters between lovers in landscape: the fête galante. His Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera, submitted to the Royal Academy in 1717, marked his admission as a full member. Commedia dell’arte characters also provided a repertoire of costumes, gestures and expressive attitudes.
In The Scale of Love, probably painted in 1717–1718 and held by London’s National Gallery, a guitarist and his companion share a musical score; pinks, reds and browns connect music with seduction. His drawings do not systematically prepare predetermined scenes. Instead, he accumulated figure studies that he could subsequently reuse in paintings. Red, black and white chalk together form his characteristic three-chalk technique.
This profile brings together identity references for Jean-Antoine Watteau and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
École de Antoine Watteau — Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), école de, La lecture,
huile sur toile
école de
Catalogue period : 2022-09-07 — 2022-09-21
School of
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Oil on canvas
Dans le goût de Jean Antoine Watteau — Réunion champêtre
huile sur toile
Dans le goût de
Catalogue period : 2021-12-09
In the manner of
Published result : 900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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L’Accordée de village — miniature d’après Antoine Watteau
Miniature sur ivoirine
d'après
Catalogue period : 2020-06-19 — 2020-06-29
After
Published result : 100 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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Comédiens italiens — paire dans le goût de Watteau
Huiles sur panneau
dans le goût de
Auction date : 2015-12-09
dans le goût de
A lot containing several works or parts. Any published price is for the whole lot and is excluded from statistics.
Published result : 600 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 700–900
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Oil on canvas
Kopie "Das Liebesfest
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2015-06-15
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1000
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Entourage de ANTOINE WATTEAU — Réunion dans un parc.
Rötel
Umkreis
Date to be documented
Circle of
Published result : 3800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000
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Oil on canvas
Suiveur de Antoine Watteau — Scène galante, bal masqué en extérieur,
huile sur toile
suiveur de
Catalogue period : 2014-10-08
Follower of
Published result : 1100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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Oil on canvas
Dans le goût de Jean-Antoine Watteau — Concert champêtre
huile sur toile
dans le goût de
Catalogue period : 2015-06-17
dans le goût de
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Oil on canvas
Dans le goût de Jean-Antoine Watteau — Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), dans le goût de,
huile sur toile
dans le goût de
Catalogue period : 2018-09-24
dans le goût de
Published result : 440 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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Red chalk on paper
Cercle de Jean-Antoine Watteau — Étude d’arbres
Sanguine sur papier
Cercle de
Catalogue period : 2020-12-09
Circle of
Published result : 1300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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