Jean- Antone Watteau

rococo

Watteau Paintings 1684 - 1721 France, Rococo Painter

The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717

Oil on canvas, 50.79 x 76.38 inches [129 x 194 cm]

Musee du Lo

Figure Compositions

4 from 6

Browse Artists Alphabetically by Name

Choose from these available sizes

painting: WAJ004 size: 23x34.5 inches price: $990 buy

painting:WAJ004B size II: 28x42 inches price: $1120 buy

painting: WAJ004C size III: 34x51 inches price: $1350 buy

Time needed to complete and deliver your order depends on the volume and complexity of the paintings and we keep you informed about the stage of completion throughout the process.

The painter usually needs 3-4 weeks to achieve the highest quality of the reproduction and get it dry for shipping.

The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717 by Jean- Antone Watteau is entirely handmade without use of artificial methods. It is painted on linen canvas with oil paints of the highest French quality.

We are professional graduates of art schools, which gives us the opportunity to reproduce to the highest point of perfection the style and technique of the original old master. With more than 20 years of experience and thousands of satisfied customers our oil reproductions are the best, always bearing the full spirit of the original.

Free Worldwide shipping by DHL which can be tracked online. The canvas is delivered unframed, rolled in a postal tube.

Please note that depending on the importing country's regulations shipping might be applied. It is automatically calculated once the product is added to the shopping cart.

Delivery by DHL is fast - up to 3 business days.

ask for another size

✔ Hand painted oil on canvas

✔ Delivered within 3 weeks

✔ Free shipping

✔ Lifetime warranty

shipping information

OIL PAINTING: The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717
      The Embarkation for Cythera was Watteau's diploma piece for the Academie royal de Peinture et de Sculpture. Watteau's nomination was accepted by the Academie in 1712, but he had to be called to order several times and in 1717 he was given six months to execute his reception piece. Watteau was received on presentation of his oil painting.
      Love is a traditional theme of French poetry since the Middle Ages. From the beginning of the 18th century, the idea of departure for Cythera recurs in numerous ballets and operas.
      The handle of the paint in "The Embarkation for Cythera " in scumbles and glazes, thinly applied, with very little impasto, is close to that of Rubens in his final period. Watteau was able to study his style of painting in the royal collection. Even the subject is derived from Rubens' Jardin d'Amour. Moreover, Watteau made a very close study of the Rubens painting in the G