Jean-Antoine Watteau’s painting "L’Embarquement pour Cythère"
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Jean-Antoine Watteau’s "L’Embarquement pour Cythère" is an early 18th-century Rococo masterpiece depicting elegantly dressed lovers departing for (or returning from) the mythical island of Cythera, emblematic of idealized love and poetic melancholy.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L’Embarquement pour Cythère | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Rococo painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| artist | Jean-Antoine Watteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | French Rococo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Paris ⓘ |
| collection | Musée du Louvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | soft pastel tones ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1717 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Jean-Antoine Watteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictionAmbiguity | uncertain whether figures are departing for or returning from Cythera ⓘ |
| depicts |
departure for the island of Cythera
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elegantly dressed lovers ⓘ idealized love ⓘ mythical island of Cythera ⓘ poetic melancholy ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | fête galante ⓘ |
| hasVersion | Berlin version of The Embarkation for Cythera ⓘ |
| height | 129 cm ⓘ |
| iconography |
boats at the shore
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putti ⓘ statue of Venus ⓘ |
| inception | 1717 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of French decorative painting
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later Rococo painters ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
island of Cythera
NERFINISHED
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myth of Venus ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| location | Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Rococo ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elegant depiction of aristocratic leisure
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establishing the fête galante genre ⓘ lyrical and atmospheric landscape ⓘ |
| purpose | reception piece for the French Royal Academy ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
courtship
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love ⓘ melancholy ⓘ transience of happiness ⓘ |
| title |
L’Embarquement pour Cythère
NERFINISHED
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The Embarkation for Cythera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| width | 194 cm ⓘ |
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