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Dancers in a Pavilion: saved stretcher and lining fabric

Dancers in a Pavilion: saved stretcher and lining fabric

1720s
(French, 1695–1736)
France, 18th century
Unframed: 55.3 x 47 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
Gift of Commodore Louis D. Beaumont 1938.392.a
Location: not on view

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.
  • Frederick the Great (1712-1786), Palace Sans-Souci, Potsdam, probably by 1773; German imperial family, until 1926; [Joseph Duveen, by 1931]; Commodore and Mrs. Louis Dudley Beaumont, Cap d'Antibes, France. Gift of Commodore Louis D. Beaumont, 1938.
  • CMA, February 14-June 11, 1989: "Lutes, Lovers & Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection," Gallery A, no cat.
    CMA, February 17-March 21, 1982: "Visions of Landscape: East and West," no catalogue.
    Berlin 1883: "Ausstellung von Gemälden älterer Miester im Berliner Privatbesitz,' cat. no. 41 (as Watteau).
    Seattle World's Fair, April 21-September 4, 1962: "Masterpieces of Art," cat. no. 34, repr. p. 83 (as Watteau).
    Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25-June 14, 1959: "Age of Elegance, The Rococo and Its Efffect," cat. no. 33, repr. p. 44 (as Watteau).
    Art Institute of Chicago, January 20-February 20, 1955: "Great French Paintings-An Exhibition in Memory of Chauncey mcCormich," cat. no. 39, pl. 39 (as Watteau).
    Minneapolis Institute of Art, October 5-November 5, 1954: " 18th Century French Painting," not in catalogue.
    Pittsburgh, Carneige Institute, October 18-December 2, 1951: "French Painting, 110-1900," cat. no. 77, illus (as Watteau).
    New York World's Fair, May 11-October 28, 1940: "Masterpieces of Art," Catalogue of European and American Paintings 1500-1900, cat. no. 211, repr. p. 145 (as Watteau).
    London 25 Park Lane, 1933: "Three French Reigns, Louis XIV, XV, and XVI," cat. no 101 (as Watteau), lent by Lord Duveen.
    Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, February-March 1931: "French Eighteenth-Century Art," (lent by Sir joseph Duveen).
    Cambridge, Massachussetts, Fogg Art Museum, 1931: "French XVIII-Century Art," (as Watteau; no catalogue).
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