Success for a Mythical Couple by Watteau

Result EUR390,600

Published on 20 June 2022, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 04 June 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - 6, rue Raymond-Poincaré - 17200 Royan

The sale of the contents of the Château de l’Herbaudière brought to light a famous drawing—the prelude to an 18^th-century masterpiece—and an impressive painting by Le Sidaner.

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), Étude pour les deux figures centrales de "L'Embarquement... Success for a Mythical Couple by Watteau

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), Étude pour les deux figures centrales de "L'Embarquement pour Cythère" (Study for the two central figures of "The Embarkation for Cythera"), c. 1716–1717, red chalk drawing, framing line in brown ink, 18.6 x 14.8 cm/7.32 x 5.82 in.
Result: €390,600

After five years of hesitating, on August 28, 1717 Jean-Antoine Watteau finally delivered his entry for admission to the Académie royale de peinture (French Royal Academy of Painting), L'Embarquement pour Cythère ( The Embarkation for Cytherea ), where couples of lovers animate one of the most beautiful…

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