Jean-Antoine_Watteau_La_Surprise,_oil_on_panel.jpg

Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Jean-Antoine Watteau
Description	French painter, graphic artist, drawer, artist, printmaker and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death	10 October 1684	18 July 1721
Location of birth/death	Valenciennes	Nogent-sur-Marne
Work period	1700 –1721
Work location	Paris (after 1702 date QS:P,+1702-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1702-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Valenciennes (1709-1710), London (1719-1720)
Authority file	: Q183221 VIAF : 46882028 ISNI : 0000000121311877 ULAN : 500032644 LCCN : n50043693 NLA : 36213816 WorldCat

Title

La Surprise

Object type

painting

Genre

Fête galante

Date

c. 1718

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 36.4 cm (14.3 in)

; width: 28.2 cm (11.1 in)

Collection

Getty Center

	Native name	Getty Center
	Parent institution	J. Paul Getty Trust
	Location	Los Angeles
	Coordinates	34° 04′ 39″ N, 118° 28′ 30″ W
	Established	1997
	Website	http://www.getty.edu/museum/
	Authority file	: Q29247 VIAF : 133364221 ISNI : 000000012287134X ULAN : 500260314 GND : 10081052-4 SUDOC : 050172751

Private collection

Accession number

2017.72 ( J. Paul Getty Museum )

Object history

8 July 2008: sale of the collection of at Christie's

References

Source/Photographer

Christie's

Permission
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Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

The author died in 1721, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .

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The Surprise

digital representation of

The Surprise

main subject

The Surprise

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