Overview Curatorial Departments Near Eastern Antiquities Egyptian Antiquities Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities Islamic Art Sculptures Decorative Arts Paintings Introduction Selected Works Latest Acquisitions Traveling Works Works in Focus Bibliography Timeline Maps Research Centers Prints and Drawings Kaleidoscope Databases My Personal Space Demo Sign In to My Space Forgot Your Password? Donate Online Professionals Overview Journalists Companies Tourism Professionals Professionals & Associations Teachers Young People (Under 30) Overview Under-18s 18 to 30s Support the Louvre	Home - Collection - Curatorial Departments - Paintings - Selected Works - French Painting Paintings : French Painting Jean-Antoine Watteau The Delicate Musician Circa 1717 © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier - M. Bard Details Technical information Jean-Antoine Watteau The Delicate Musician Circa 1717 Oil on board H: 25.5 cm; L: 19 cm Dr Louis La Caze bequest, 1869 M.I. 1123 Paintings Interactive floor plans Author(s) Vincent Pomarède ... 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 ... Back to list   The Delicate Musician This young woman playing a theorbo is an allegory of music, just as the companion piece The Indifferent Man is an allegory of dance. Music and dance are key elements of Watteau's artistic vision. Description A fantasy figure This painting is a fine example of Watteau's graceful approach to subjects that lend themselves to refined effects of technique and texture. Here, the young woman is painted as an impersonal, fantasy figure. She may be intended as an allegory of music. Documentation . ... 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 ... Back to list

		Thematic Trail Italian Renaissance Painting While the great European powers battled for control of Italy, Italian fifteenth- and sixteenth-century artists broadened the field of Western painting. All the thematic trails Atlas Database © Musée du Louvre Collection databases View many of the 35,000 works on display, and consult the relevant technical information and accompanying commentaries by curators. Louis Lacaze: Reconstruction of the room dedicated to his collection Discover a 3D modelization of the La Caze room – now the Bronzes room, Sully wing, first floor, room 32 – as it was in 1913, when it housed 177 paintings by masters such as Rembrandt, Chardin or Watteau, from the prestigious collection bequeathed by La Caze to the Louvre.
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