Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721) was a French painter and draughtsman.
Engraver: Laurent Cars (1699 - 1771) was a French designer and engraver.
Title: Fêtes Vénitiennes/ Festa Veneta (Venetian festivals) is a 1719 painting by Antoine Watteau, now in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.
Signed, Titled, and annotated in plate: A. Watteau pinxit. Lau. Cars Sculp. Fêtes Vénitiennes Festa Veneta. Gravées d’Apres le Tableau original peint par Watteau / haut de 1. pied 9. pouces sur 1. pied 5. pouceau. / de large. | Sculpta juxtà Exemplar à Watteavo depictum cujus / altitudo 1. pedem cum 9. unciis et latitudo 1. pedem / cum 5. continet. Cabinet de M.r de Jullienne. [Jean de Jullienne (né Jean Jullienne) (1686 - 1766) was a French textile manufacturer, art collector, and amateur engraver, best remembered as a friend and protector of the painter Antoine Watteau]. A Paris chez la Veuve de F. Chereau [François Chéreau, also known as François I Chéreau (1680 - 1729) was an engraver of portraits and reproductions of famous works of art during the reign of Louis XIV]. graveur du Roy rue S.t Jacques aux deux pilliers d'or Avec Privilege de Roy.
Dimensions: Platemark 16 1/2" x 11 3/4". Sheet 18 3/4" x 14".
Edition: L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau.
Date: 1732.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Recueil Jullienne.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1904,0330.4.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.