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Le Concert champêtre (copy 1)

Entered August 2019

 

Whereabouts unknown

Oil on canvas

67.5 x 64.8 cm

 

PROVENANCE

Paris or Versailles, collection of Dr. Joseph Marie François de Lasonne (1717-1788; premier Médecin du Roi). His sale, Paris, March 5ff, 1789, lot 9: “Genre de WATTEAU . . . Une Compagnie de neuf différens personnages rassemblés dans un paysage, & s’amusant à faire de la musique. Cette composition agréable a été gravée sous le titre de Concert Champêtre. Hauteur 25 pouces, largeur 24. T.” Sold for 50.1 livres.

 

REMARKS

The painting’s attribution as only “genre de Watteau” suggests that the auctioneer did not accept it as authentic. The 1789 sale catalogue cites only nine people present whereas Watteau  included ten figure in his canvas; is the missing figure the copyist’s or the cataloguer’s error?

 

 

 

Le Concert champêtre (copy 2)

Entered August 2019

 

Whereabouts unknown

Oil on canvas

60.5 x 49.5 cm

 

PROVENANCE

Brussels, sale, Vanderkindere, January 17, 2018, lot 293: “WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine . . . Huile sur toile marouflée sur toile, “Le concert champêtre.” D’après Jean-Antoine Watteau. Ecole française. Epoque XIXème. Dim. 60.5 x 49.5 cm.”

 

REMARKS

Although a weak copy after Watteau’s composition, it does follow the direction of the painting rather than that of the engraving.

 

 

 

 

Le Concert champêtre (copy 3)

Entered April 2024

Whereabouts unknown

Oil on copper

42 x 31 cm

           
ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Musiciens

 

PROVENANCE

Issoudun, France, Galerie Saunier Sylvain (April 2024): "Huile Sur Cuivre XVIIIe 'Musiciens' / Huile sur cuivre du XVIIIe représentant des musiciens dans un parc. Encadrement XIXe."

 

REMARKS

Although in accord with the direction of Watteau's original painting, the color scheme is quite different, which suggests that this picture did not copy the original canvas. Rather, it probably was based on the Benoît Audran engraving in the Oeuvre gravé. When offered in 2024, it was attributed to an eighteenth-century artist, which is an overly generous assessment.

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