The Clothes are Italian, 1715-16. Creator: Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)
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The Clothes are Italian, 1715-16. Creator: Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)
The Clothes are Italian, 1715-16. Dressed as stock characters of the Italian commedia dell arte, an improvisational form of comic theatre, five performers gather beside the curtain of a stage with a garden backdrop. Columbine stands in the center next to Pierrot, who has especially long sleeves and a broad, round collar. Harlequin offers a glimpse of his diamond-pattern coat as he peers over Columbines shoulder at the audience. Primarily a painter, Watteau made very few etchings, and this impression of The Clothes Are Italian is very rare. Before the print was published, Charles Simonneau, a professional engraver, heavily reworked the image, ruining the spontaneity of Watteaus etching. Fortunately, three surviving examples preserve his original, in which shimmering parallel lines bask the performers in an ethereal light
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