[A rural ball] [art original]
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Description
- Title
- [A rural ball] [art original]
- Alternative Title
- Fête champêtre
- Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
- Contributor
- Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1738]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Horace Walpole's watercolor after Antoine Watteau's Fête Champêtre depicts two amorous couples being serenaded by a musician. Another young man lounges on a blanket, his back to the viewer, as he gazes at the one dancing couple. Another figure of a man peeps out from behind a tree. They sit in a grove of trees, a small pool at the edge, as sheep graze in the distance; the towers from a town can be seen on the horizon
- Description
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Title devised by curator.
Label verso: A Fete Champetre after Watteau by Horace Walpole From Earl Waldegrave's Collection Signed and dated 1738. Also manuscript notes in unknown hand regarding provenance of watercolor.
Dated and signed "H. Walpole 1737" in lower left of image.
Date assigned by curator after the watercolor by Watteau of which this work is based. - Provenance
- Created in 1738 by Horace Walpole; 1920, May 14, Christie's, Earl Waldegrave Sale, Lt 101; 1931, July 3, Parsons, lot 69 (with another HW watercolor after Watteau: A Music Lesson); donated by Annie Burr Lewis to the Lewis Walpole Library.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 230 x 303 mm, framed to 337 x 413 mm
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- SH Contents W218 no. 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 52
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Drawings
Genre drawings
Watercolors - Material
- watercolor ; and image 9.25 x 12 in., framed to 13 x 16 in.
- Subject (Name)
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721 - Subject (Topic)
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Influence
Couples
Dance
Musicians - Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721 > Influence
Couples
Dance
Musicians
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Horace Walpole, A Rural Ball. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8946493
- Object ID (OID)
- 15960109