The principal source of inspiration is Watteau’s Pierrot content, not necessarily his painting, now in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, but, rather, Etienne Jeaurat’s engraving of the picture. That supplied not only five of the principal figures but also the surprised Scapin peering out of the bushes at the right. The guitarist at the left, striking a dashing pose as he strums his guitar, was derived Watteau’s L’Aventurière, and though it is in agreement with the direction of Watteau's picture, the greater likelihood is that our pasticheur worked from the engravings in Jean de Jullienne’s Oeuvre gravé.