Antoine Watteau, 1720 - The French Comedians - fine art print

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The painting was engraved with the title French Comedians, playing a tragi-comedy. The principal male figure wears an old-fashioned formal costume: a hat with plumes, a wig, and a fringed, skirted silver garment lavishly embroidered with palmettes. In the eighteenth century this costume would have been appropriate for a subject from antiquity. The heroine dismisses him, referring to the crumpled letter on the floor. The scene is imaginary as Crispin, entering from the right, represents a different vernacular theatrical tradition and in reality would never have taken the stage at the same time.

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The French Comedians is an artwork by the male French artist Antoine Watteau in 1720. The beyond 300 years old original was made with the size: 22 1/2 x 28 3/4 in (57,2 x 73 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the French painter as the medium of the work of art. Today, the work of art is included in the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (license: public domain). The creditline of the artwork is the following: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949. Besides, the alignment is in landscape format and has a ratio of 1.2 : 1, meaning that the length is 20% longer than the width. Antoine Watteau was a male painter, whose artistic style can be attributed primarily to Rococo. The artist lived for a total of 37 years, born in the year 1684 in Valenciennes and deceased in the year 1721 in Nogent-sur-Marne.

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