Fête Champêtre (Pastoral Gathering) by Jean-Antoine Watteau

Fête Champêtre (Pastoral Gathering) (1720)

Jean-Antoine Watteau (assisted by Jean-Baptiste Pater) | Rococo | Oil on panel

Elegant people in silky gowns relax in a leafy park on an autumn afternoon. Children play on the left, couples chat and flirt in the middle, and a little dog trots by on the right. The museum says the groups show three stages of love, from childhood to courtship to romance. Watteau may have started this painting near the end of his short life, and his student Jean-Baptiste Pater may have finished it.

Did you know? Watteau is credited with creating the 'fête galante', a picture of elegant people relaxing and flirting in a park. When he handed in his entry painting to the French art academy in 1717, it fit no existing category, so the academy invented a new one just for it!

Original held at Art Institute of Chicago

Museum-quality giclée print on archival Enhanced Matte Art paper (200gsm) with fade-resistant pigment inks rated for 100+ years. Also available as gallery-wrapped canvas and custom framed.

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