POSTCARD

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The postcard depicts Pierrot - an oil on canvas painting by the French Rococo artist Watteau.

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 – 1721), commonly referred to as Antoine Watteau,

was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement.

He revitalized the Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical, Rococo.

Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fête galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm,

suffused with a theatrical air. Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet.

Pierrot, also retrospectively known as Gilles, is an oil on canvas painting of c. 1718-1719.

Completed in the later phase of Watteau's career, Pierrot measures 184.5 by 149.5 cm,

which makes up somewhat unusual case in the artist's body of work.

The painting depicts a number of actors portraying commedia dell'arte masks,

with one as the titular character set in the foreground.

Current location: Louvre, Paris

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