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Dancers in a Pavilion

Jean-Baptiste Pater1720s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Jean-Baptiste Pater was the sole student of the early 18th-century artist Antoine Watteau (1684–1721). Upon Watteau's death, Pater finished some of his teacher's compositions and copied them for reproduction. Due to this association, Pater was in the position to capitalize on the popularity of the <em>fête galante</em> genre invented by Watteau. This genre was based on the fêtes held by the aristocracy to escape the tedium of life at the French court, and depict the same amusements: conversation, music, dance, and the pursuit of love. <em>Dancers in a Pavilion</em> is a pastiche of several works by Watteau. The couple in this painting is most likely performing the minuet, which was considered the most flirtatious of dances.

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  • Title: Dancers in a Pavilion
  • Creator: Jean-Baptiste Pater (French, 1695–1736)
  • Date Created: 1720s
  • Physical Dimensions: Framed: 79.5 x 70 x 10.5 cm (31 5/16 x 27 9/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Unframed: 55.3 x 47 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
  • Provenance: Frederick the Great (1712-1786), Palace Sans-Souci, Potsdam, Germany, German Imperial Family, Joseph Duveen (1869-1939), London, England, Commodore and Mrs. Louis Dudley Beaumont, (1857-1942), Cap d'Antibes, France, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.392
  • Medium: oil on canvas
  • Department: European Painting and Sculpture
  • Culture: France, 18th century
  • Credit Line: Gift of Commodore Louis D. Beaumont
  • Collection: P - French 18th Century
  • Accession Number: 1938.392
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