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View at the museum ↗The Dreamer (La Rêveuse)
Jean Antoine Watteau1712/14
- Attribution
- Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Physical dimensions
- 23.2 × 17 cm (9 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.); Framed: 35 × 28.9 × 7 cm (13 3/4 × 11 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
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The traditional title of this small painting, The Dreamer , derives from an engraving made after it, which was intended for sale to a wider audience. The work is one of a number of small figure paintings by Jean-Antoine Watteau in which the subject’s clothing was inspired by contemporary theater. Here, the woman wears a pseudo-Turkish costume, which reflects the Western European vogue for Turkish culture (“turquerie”) at that time. Watteau’s uniquely delicate, sensitive, and intimate style influenced a number of other painters throughout the 18th century.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0