![]() ![]() Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet.Īny attempt to assign to Watteau to a portrait of someone at the court of Louis XV is a dubious idea from the outset since, after all, Watteau’s activity as a painter extended only from the late reign of Louis XIV to the Regency. Hyacinthe Rigaud, Portrait of Gaspard de Gueidan, 1738. But both have the unusual feature of the sitter playing the same musical instrument. The former was fully attributed to Watteau, was fully described, and was noted to be a pastel, whereas the latter was not described, and was ascribed only to “genre” of Watteau. ![]() It is not certain that the works sold in 18 are one and the same. His sale, Paris, Hôtel des ventes, December 5-7, 1850, lot 75: “WATTEAU (genre). Portrait en pied d’un grand personnage de la cour de Louis XV: il est en costume de berger, selon la mode adoptée alors pour les travestissements, et il tient sous le bras une cornemeuse dont il paraìt jouer. Paris, sale, Hôtel de ventes mobilières, March 6-7, 1846, lot 114: “WATTEAU (Antoine). ![]()
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