PATER, Jean Baptiste Joseph (b. 1695, Valenciennes, d. 1736, Paris) |
Concert Champêtre1730-35Oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes | ||
Pater followed Watteau closely in the genre called fête galante, transposing his atmosphere to a more silvery one. The painting has a pendant: Relaxing in the Country, also in Valenciennes.
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