Fête galante

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Fête galante

c. 1730

Pierre-Antoine Quillard (French, c. 1704–1733)

A fête galante---an outdoor party involving richly dressed men and women enjoying music, boating, and picnicking---was a popular subject in eighteenth-century French painting. A pupil of Antoine Watteau, who also painted such scenes, Quillard moved to Portugal in 1726 to work for the court of King John V.

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Object Details

Title:

Fête galante

Date:

c. 1730

Artist:

Pierre-Antoine Quillard (French, c. 1704–1733)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

47 5/8 x 58 inches (121 x 147.3 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Drs. Peter and Caroline Koblenzer, 2003

Accession Number:

2003-225-1

Geography:

Probably made in Portugal, Europe

Provenance

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