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Paintings : French Painting

Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Delicate Musician
Circa 1717
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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
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Vincent Pomarède
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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.
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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.






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