Marriage Contract and Country Dancing
Marriage Contract and Country Dancing is a c.1711 painting by Antoine Watteau. It entered the Spanish royal collection as part of the collection of Isabella Farnese and was recorded in the La Granja de San Ildefonso Palace in Segovia. It is now in the Prado Museum.[1] It shows the signing of a marriage contract in a rural landscape.[2]
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Artist | Antoine Watteau |
Year | 1711 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 47 cm × 55 cm (19 in × 22 in) |
Location | Prado, Madrid |
References
Further reading
- Adhemar, Helene (1950). Watteau; sa vie, son oeuvre (in French). Includes "L’univers de Watteau", an introduction by René Huyghe. Paris: P. Tisné. OCLC 853537. Catalogue note no. 134CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Camesasca, Ettore, ed. (1971). The Complete Painting of Watteau. Classics of the World's Great Art. Introduction by John Sutherland. New York: Harry N. Abrams. p. 104. ISBN 0810955253. OCLC 143069 – via the Internet Archive. Catalogue note no. 94.
- Goncourt, Edmond de (1875). Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau. Paris: Rapilly. pp. 181–182. OCLC 1041772738 – via the Internet Archive. Catalogue note no. 971.
- Grasselli, Margaret Morgan; Rosenberg, Pierre; Parmantier, Nicole; et al. (1984). Watteau, 1684-1721 ; National Gallery of Art, June 17—September 23, 1984; Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, October 23, 1984—January 28, 1985; Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, February 22—May 26, 1985 (PDF). Washington: National Gallery of Art. pp. 311–313. ISBN 0-89468-074-9. OCLC 557740787 – via the National Gallery of Art archive.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Miller, Valentin (1930). "Autour de Watteau. Un Maître inconnu: P.-A. Quillard". La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne (in French). 57: 133–152 – via Gallica.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Posner, Donald (1984). Antoine Watteau. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 278, 284. ISBN 0-8014-1571-3. OCLC 10736607 – via the Internet Archive.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Roland Michel, Marianne (1984). Watteau: Un artiste au XVIII-e siecle (in French). Paris: Flammarion. pp. 215, 223, 270. ISBN 978-2080120205. OCLC 417153549.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
External links
- Eidelberg, Martin (July 2019). "Le Contrat de mariage". A Watteau Abecedario.
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