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Pierrot content (copy 1)
Entered December 2023

Whereabouts unknown

Oil on canvas

50 x 68 cm

 

PROVENANCE

Frankfurt am Main, with Ernst Poppel (dealer). Advertised in Weltkunst, 30 (October 15, 1960), 14.

 

REMARKS

Although the left-right orientation of this copy after Watteau’s composition agrees with original painting, it is a very free interpretation of that work. The copyist has eliminated the figure of the seated Gilles, and has placed the actors in a vast landscape. In effect, he reduced the remaining figures so much that they are now only staffage relative to the large scale of the setting. The supposed "Watteau" signature on the masonry at the right is obviously false.

 

Pierrot content (copy 2)
Entered December 2023

Whereabouts unknown

Oil on canvas

104.1 x 78.7 cm

 

           
ALTERNATIVE TITLES

A Mime Gilles with Three Companions

 

PROVENANCE

New Orleans, sale, Neal Auction Company, November 20, 2010, lot 520: Style of Jean Antoine Watteau, A mime Gilles with three companions, oil on canvas, Height 41 in.; Width 32 in. / Height 104.1 cm. Width 78.7 cm. Estimate 2,000 – 3,000 USD. Sold for $1,793 with premium.

 

REMARKS

This crudely executed picture imitates the vertical format of the painting now in Madrid.  This vertical effect is all the stronger because the left side has been reduced; it lacks the Mezzetin who  should be there as in Watteau’s original composition.

 

 

 

Pierrot content (copy 3)
Entered December 2023

Whereabouts unknown

Oil on canvas

46 x 60 cm

 

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Personnages de la commedia dell’arte

 

PROVENANCE

Maisons Lafitte, sale, Enchères Maisons Lafitte, October 10, 2020, lot 314: Ecole moderne, d’après Watteau, Personnages de la commedia dell’arte. Huile sur toile. 46 x 60 cm (trou).

 

REMARKS

This picture follows the left-right orientation of Watteau’s composition rather than Jeaurat’s engraving, and it also adheres to Watteau’s color scheme for the costumes.

 

 

 

 

Pierrot content (copy 4)
Entered December 2023

Whereabouts unknown

Oil on canvas

66.5 x 95 cm

PROVENANCE

Billinghurst, England, sale, Sotheby’s Sussex, November 22, 1991, lot 139: “After Antoine Watteau / LE PIERROT CONTENT / oil on canvas / 66.5 by 95 cm.; 26¼ by 37½ in.  £800-1,200 / After Watteau’s painting in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, Lugano.” Sold for £950.

 

REMARKS

The left-right orientation of this picture indicates that the copyist based his work on Jeaurat’s engraving.

 

 

 

Pierrot content (copy 5)
Entered December 2023

Whereabouts unknown

Medium unknown

45 x 59 cm

 

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Le Concert champêtre

 

PROVENANCE

Paris, sale, Bailly Pommery & Voutier, December 19, 2008, lot 35: School of Jean Antoine Watteau, Le concert champêtre avec Pierrot, 17.7 in. width 23.2 in. height 45 c.; width 59 cm Est 2,500 – 3,000 EUR. Sold for 2,350 EUR (hammer).

 

REMARKS

Without a better image, all that can be said about this copy is that like many of the other copies after Pierrot content, it corresponds to the direction of Watteau’s composition. Also, its color scheme appears to be consistent with Watteau’s.