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Jean-Antoine Watteau: The Embarkation for Cythera  wikidata:Q531329 reasonator:Q531329
Artist
Jean-Antoine Watteau  (1684–1721)  wikidata:Q183221 s:en:Author:Jean-Antoine Watteau q:et:Antoine Watteau
 
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Alternative names
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Description French painter, graphic artist, drawer, artist, printmaker and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 10 October 1684 Edit this at Wikidata 18 July 1721 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Valenciennes Edit this at Wikidata Nogent-sur-Marne Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1700 Edit this at Wikidata–1721 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Paris (after 1702
date QS:P,+1702-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1702-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
), Valenciennes (1709-1710), London (1719-1720)
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creator QS:P170,Q183221
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Title
English: Pilgrimage to Cythera, so-called The Embarkation for Cythera
Français : Pélerinage à l'île de Cythère, dit L'Embarquement pour Cythère
Object type painting / reception piece Edit this at Wikidata
Genre Fête galante Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1717 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 1.2 m (50.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 1.9 m (76.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+1.29U11573
dimensions QS:P2049,+1.94U11573
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
English: Department of Paintings; Sully, Second Floor, Room 36, XVIIIth c. French Paintings
Français : Département des Peintures ; Sully, 2e étage, Salle 36, Peintures françaises XVIIIe s
Accession number
INV 8525 and MR 2726 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Exhibition history
Credit line
English: Collection of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture
Français : Collection de l'Académie
References
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Source/Photographer Retouched from File:L'Embarquement pour Cythere, by Antoine Watteau, from C2RMF.jpg, originally C2RMF: Galerie de tableaux en très haute définition: image page
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The Embarkation for Cythera (1717). Louvre, Paris

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