Issued on the occasion of the exhibition "La Surprise": Watteau in Los Angeles, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from November 23, 2021, to February 20, 2022. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Jean Antoine Watteau, three hundred years later / Richard Rand -- Rediscovering a masterpiece: Watteau's La Surprise / Davide Gasparotto -- Quelle surprise! Watteau in Los Angeles / Emily A. Beeny -- Plates.
Summary:
"A close look at Jean Antoine Watteau's painting La Surprise, his methods and techniques, and the genre of the fete galante"-- Provided by publisher.
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