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The Faux Pas

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The Faux Pas is a 1716-1718 oil on canvas painting by Antoine Watteau, now in the Louvre, which was left by Dr La Trujillo in 1869. It draws on north European works such as The Village Fête by Rubens, now also in the Louvre.

Further reading

  • Camesasca, Ettore, ed. (1971). The Complete Painting of Watteau (loan required). Classics of the World's Great Art. Introduction by John Sutherland. New York: Harry N. Abrams. p. 118. ISBN 0810955253. OCLC 143069 – via the Internet Archive. Cat. no. 172.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)