WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine
(b. 1684, Valenciennes, d. 1721, Nogent-sur-Marne)

Gilles and his Family

c. 1716
Oil on wood, 28 x 21 cm
Wallace Collection, London

A drawing for the central figure of Mezzetin identifies the model as Watteau's friend and patron Pierre Sirois, but the composition is fanciful rather than a family portrait.