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Two Galant Men in a Park Landscape
Nicolas Henri Tardieu (mentioned on object), 1694 - 1749
This composition summarizes the importance of music as a recurring theme in Watteau’s artworks: a painter with palette in hand stands behind someone playing a viola da gamba. On the basis of another print, the figure of the painter can be identified as Watteau himself, while the musician is probably Jean de Jullienne – an important patron who commissioned a large series of reproductive prints after Watteau’s paintings.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-48.081
- Dimensionsheight 418 mm x width 294 mm