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Two Gallant Men in a Park Landscape
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This composition summarizes the importance of music as a recurring theme in Watteau’s artworks: a painter with palette in hand stands behind someone playing a viola da gamba. On the basis of another print, the figure of the painter can be identified as Watteau himself, while the musician is probably Jean de Jullienne – an important patron who commissioned a large series of reproductive prints after Watteau’s paintings.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTwee galante mannen in een parklandschap. 1694 - 1749. Nicolas Henri Tardieu. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
