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Exhibition Review
Revoir Watteau: Un comédien sans réplique. Pierrot, dit le ‘Gilles’
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1238–40
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Reviewer:
Rand, Richard (Rand, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Watteau, Antoine
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
subjects:
French painting / Popular Theatre / Actors and actresses / Conservation / Commedia dell'Arte
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Revoir Watteau: Un comédien sans réplique. Pierrot, dit le ‘Gilles’ Musée du Louvre, Paris 16th October 2024–3rd February 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Jean-Louis Barrault in the role of Jean-Gaspard (‘Baptiste’) Deburau, still from the film Les Enfants du paradis, dir. M. Carné. 1945. (Pathé Films; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Pierrot (formerly called Gilles), by Antoine Watteau. c.1719. Oil on canvas, 184 by 155 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
3. Les Comédiens italiens, here attributed to Antoine Watteau and collaborators. c.1720. Oil on canvas, 129 by 93 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
Dr Richard Mead and Watteau's 'Comédiens Italiens'
04/2003 | 1201 | 145
Pages: 265-272
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Author:
Hanson, Craig (Hanson, Craig)
Subjects
artists:
Watteau, Antoine
collectors and dealers:
Mead, Richard
dates:
1700-1749
places:
England / France
subjects:
French painting / Collecting
subjects:
Commedia dell'Arte
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. L'amour paisible, by Bernard Baron after Antoine Watteau. Before 1735. Engraving, 33.5 by 40.1 cm.
Attributed works:
4. Les comédiens italiens, by Antoine Watteau. 1719-20. 63.8 by 76.2 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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5. Gilles, by Antoine Watteau. c. 1718-19. 184.5 by 149.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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6. Quack doctor selling his wares in the open air, by Antoine Watteau. c. 1706-07. Red chalk on paper, 17.8 by 22.8 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
7. Dr Richard Mead, by William Stukeley. 1725. Wash drawing, 22 by 15.2 cm. (Royal College of Physicians, London).
Short Notice
Watteau and Gillot: An Additional Point of Contact
09/1974 | 858 | 116
Pages: 536+538-539
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Author:
Eidelberg, Martin P. (Eidelberg, Martin P.; Eidelberg, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
Gillot, Claude
artists:
Watteau, Antoine
dates:
1700-1749
places:
France
subjects:
French painting / Drawings
subjects:
Commedia dell'Arte / Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Doctor Baloardo, by Claude Gillot. Red Chalk. (Collection Mrs Augustus Mills, New York.)
Attributed works:
39. Doctor Baloardo, by Claude Gillot. Red Chalk. (Collection Mrs Augustus Mills, New York.)
Attributed works:
40. Three Studies of Doctor Baloardo, by Jean Antoine Watteau. 11 by 18 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes.)
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Watteau and Gillot: A Point of Contact
04/1973 | 841 | 115
Pages: 232-239
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Author:
Eidelberg, Martin P. (Eidelberg, Martin P.; Eidelberg, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
Gillot, Claude
artists:
Watteau, Antoine
dates:
1700-1749
places:
France
subjects:
French painting / Drawings
subjects:
Formal analysis
subjects:
Attributions
subjects:
Actors and actresses / Iconography / Commedia dell'Arte / Theatre (discipline)
subjects:
Early works
Illustrations
Attributed works:
44. Actor Dressed as Folly, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 27.5 by 18 cm. (New York Art Market.)
Attributed works:
45. Actor, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 21 by 29.5 cm. (Norton Simon Inc., Museum of Art, Los Angeles.)
Attributed works:
46. Actress Dressed as Folly, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 27 by 18 cm. (Norton Simon Inc., Museum of Art, Los Angeles.)
Attributed works:
47. Actor, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 27 by 16.7 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris. Photo: Bulloz.
Attributed works:
48. Actress Dressed as Folly, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 27.3 by 17.1 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris.) Photo: Bulloz.
Attributed works:
49. Actor Dressed as the Bolognese Doctor, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 24 by 15.2 cm. (Norton Simon Inc., Museum of Art, Los Angeles.)
Attributed works:
50. Actress, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 27.5 by 18.5 cm. (Formerly Rodrigues Collection, Paris.)
Attributed works:
51. Actor Dressed as Mezzetin, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 27 by 17.5 cm. (Formerly Paris Art Market.)
Attributed works:
52. Weeping Actress, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 27.5 by 18 cm. (Formerly Paris Art Market.)
Attributed works:
53. Actress Dressed as a Gardener, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 27.5 by 18.2 cm. (Private Collection, New York.)
Attributed works:
54. The Actor Quinson in the Costume of Pierrot, by Claude Gillot. Engraving. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.)
Attributed works:
55. Actress Dressed as a Gardener. Engraving by François Joullain after a Design of Gillot. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.)
Attributed works:
56. Actor, by Jean Antoine Watteau Sanguine, 13.4 by 7.5 cm. (Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre.)
Attributed works:
57. Theatrical Scene, by Claude Gillot. Sanguine, 20 by 15.9 cm. (Collection Mrs H. A. Metzger, New York.) Photo: Pollitzer.
Attributed works:
58. Four Actors and Actresses, by Claude Gillot. Sepia Ink and Wash, 15.2 by 19 cm. (Formerly Paulme Collection, Paris.)
Attributed works:
59. Detail of Theatrical Scene, by Claude Gillot. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Algiers.)
Attributed works:
60. Seven Actors and Actresses, by Claude Gillot or His Shop. Sanguine, 12.7 by 24.7 cm. (Collection I. Woodner, New York.) Photo: Pollitzer.
Attributed works:
61. Troupe of Actors and Actresses, by Jean Antoine Watteau. Sanguine, 14 by 22 cm. (Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.)
Attributed works:
62. Actors and Actresses, by Jean Antoine Watteau. Sanguine, 16.8 by 22.1 cm. (Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.)
Attributed works:
63. Detail from Sheet of Studies, by Pierre Antoine Quillard. Sanguine. (Collection Duke of Devonshire.) Reproduced by Permission of the Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement.
Article
The Symbolism of Manet's Frontispiece Etchings
05/1962 | 710 | 104
Pages: 180+182-187
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Author:
Reff, Theodore (Reff, Theodore; Reff)
Subjects
artists:
Manet, Edouard
dates:
1850-1899
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
French painting / Prints / Etchings / Book illustrations
subjects:
Visual sources / Commedia dell'Arte
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Deuxième Essai de Frontispice, by Édouard Manet. Etching, 29.5 by 21.1 cm. (New York Public Library.)
Attributed works:
2. L'Enfant à l'Épée, by Édouard Manet. Canvas, 153 by 75 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Gift of Erwin Davis, 1889.)
Attributed works:
3. Le Ballon, by Édouard Manet. Lithograph, 39.5 by 51 cm. (New York Public Library.)
Attributed works:
4. Chapeau et Guitare, by Édouard Manet. Canvas, 77 by 122 cm. (Musée Calvet, Avignon; Collection Joseph Rignault.)
Attributed works:
5. Premier Essai de Frontispice, by Édouard Manet. Etching, 26.8 by 18.7 cm. (New York Public Library.)
Western art unattributed:
A. Pulcinella. Woodcut, from Le Magasin pittoresque, 1834.
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A Rediscovered Painting by Watteau: 'La Partie Quarrée'
04/1962 | 709 | 104
Pages: i-v
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Author:
Cailleux, Jean (Cailleux, Jean; Cailleaux, Jean; Cailleux, J.)
Subjects
artists:
Watteau, Antoine
dates:
1700-1799
places:
France
subjects:
French painting / Drawings / Attributions
subjects:
Commedia dell'Arte
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. La Partie Quarrée, by Watteau. 1712. Canvas, 49.5 by 64.8 cm. (Messrs. Cailleux, Paris.)
Attributed works:
10. Studies of Female Heads, by Watteau. Drawing.
Attributed works:
11. Engraving by Jacques Audran after a Drawing by Watteau.
Attributed works:
12. Studies of Female Heads, by Watteau. Drawing.
Attributed works:
13. Sheet of Studies for La Partie Quarrée, by Watteau.
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2. La Partie Quarrée. Engraving by Moyreau after Watteau.
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3. Gilles, by Watteau. (Musée du Louvre.)
Attributed works:
4. Engraving by Boucher after a Drawing by Watteau.
Attributed works:
5. Engraving by Jacques Audran after a Drawing by Watteau.
Attributed works:
6. Two Guitar-Players, by Watteau. Drawing. (L.R. Collection.)
Attributed works:
7. Detail from Mezzetin Playing the Guitar, by Wattcau. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)
Attributed works:
8. Detail from Les Plaisirs du Bal, by Watteau. (Gallery, Dulwich.)
Attributed works:
9. Detail from L'Embarquement pour Cythère, by Watteau. (Musée du Louvre.)
Short Notice
A Note on F. A. Bustelli and Antonio Bonazza
05/1961 | 698 | 103
Pages: 185+187
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Author:
Gould, Cecil (Gould, Cecil)
Subjects
artists:
Bustelli, Franz Anton
artists:
Bonazza, Antonio
dates:
1700-1799
places:
Italy / Switzerland
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Ceramics / Statuettes
subjects:
Commedia dell'Arte
subjects:
Swiss / Sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30, 31, 32. Figures from the Italian Comedy, by F. A. Bustelli.
Attributed works:
33, 34, 35. Figures from the Garden of the Villa Widmann, Bagnoli, by Antonio Bonazza.
Book Review
The Italian Comedy
03/1930 | 324 | 56
Pages: 167-168
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Reviewer:
Laver, James (Laver, James; Laver, J.; L., J.)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1899
places:
Italy
subjects:
Theatre (discipline) / Plays (representations) / Commedia dell'Arte
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Italian Comedy | author: Duchartre, Pierre Louis , author: Weaver, Randolph T.
Article
Gillot and Watteau: A Study of a New Acquisition of the Louvre
09/1923 | 246 | 43
Pages: 130+134-136
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Author:
Jamot, Paul (Jamot, Paul)
Subjects
artists:
Gillot, Claude
artists:
Watteau, Antoine
dates:
1920-1929
dates:
1700-1749
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
French painting / Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Commedia dell'Arte
subjects:
Theatre (discipline) / Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
A-Arlequin Empereur dans la Lune, by Watteau after a Drawing by Gillot. Canvas, 65 cm. by 82 cm. (Nantes Museum). Gillot and Watteau: A Study of a New Acquisition of the Louvre
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B-La Scène des Carrosses, by Claude Gillot. Canvas, 1.28 m. by 1.6 m. (Louvre). Gillot and Watteau: A Study of a New Acquisition of the Louvre
Article
Some Early Fürstenberg Figures of Italian Comedians
01/1909 | 70 | 14
Pages: 217-219+222
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Author:
Braun, Edmund Wilhelm (Braun, Edmund Wilhelm; Braun, E. W.)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1799
places:
Italy / Germany
subjects:
Commedia dell'Arte / Comedians / Sculpture / Porcelain / Statuettes / Ceramics
subjects:
Visual sources / Iconography
subjects:
Marks (ceramics) / Attributions / Dating
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Female Figure. In the German Emperor's Collection at Wilhelmsthal. Some Early Fürstenberg Figures of Italian Comedians, Plate I
Western art unattributed:
10. Razullo. In the Collection of Dr. List. Some Early Fürstenberg Figures of Italian Comedians, Plate II
Western art unattributed:
2. Female Figure. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 4. Female Figure. In the Collection of Dr. Darmstädter, Berlin. Some Early Fürstenberg Figures of Italian Comedians, Plate I
Western art unattributed:
3. Female Figure. In the Collection of M. Gottfried Eissler, Vienna. Some Early Fürstenberg Figures of Italian Comedians, Plate I
Western art unattributed:
5, Razullo. In the Collections of Dr. Heymann and Dr. List 7. Pantalone. In the Collection of Dr. Heymann. Some Early Fürstenberg Figures of Italian Comedians, Plate II
Western art unattributed:
6. Mezzetino. In the Collection of Dr. Heymann. Some Early Fürstenberg Figures of Italian Comedians, Plate II
Western art unattributed:
9. Scapin. In the Collection of Dr. Darmstädter 8. Scaramuccio. In the Collection of Dr. Darmstädter. Some Early Fürstenberg Figures of Italian Comedians, Plate II