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Dancers in a Pavilion

1720s

Jean-Baptiste Pater

(French, 1695–1736)

France, 18th century

oil on canvas

Framed: 79.5 x 70 x 10.5 cm (31 5/16 x 27 9/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Unframed: 55.3 x 47 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)

Gift of Commodore Louis D. Beaumont 1938.392

Location: 216B French and German

Description

Jean-Baptiste Pater was the sole student of the early 18th-century artist Antoine Watteau (1684–1721). Upon Watteau's death, Pater finished some of his teacher's compositions and copied them for reproduction. Due to this association, Pater was in the position to capitalize on the popularity of the fête galante genre invented by Watteau. This genre was based on the fêtes held by the aristocracy to escape the tedium of life at the French court, and depict the same amusements: conversation, music, dance, and the pursuit of love. Dancers in a Pavilion is a pastiche of several works by Watteau. The couple in this painting is most likely performing the minuet, which was considered the most flirtatious of dances.

probably by 1773
Frederick the Great (1712-1786), Palace Sans-Souci, Potsdam, Germany
Until 1926
German Imperial Family
By 1931
Joseph Duveen (1869-1939), London, England
-1938
Commodore and Mrs. Louis Dudley Beaumont, (1857-1942), Cap d'Antibes, France, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1938-
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