LE FRILEUX
Classification
Bound print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-224-109
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**LE FRILEUX** by Antoine Watteau (, 1684–1721) captures the artist's signature elegance in a posthumously produced bound print, dated between 1723 and1735. Watteau, a pioneer of the Rococo style, was renowned for his *fêtes galantes*—dreamy scenes of aristocratic leisure amid lush landscapes. Though he died young from tuberculosis in 1721, his intricate drawings inspired a wave of engravings, including this one from the *Recueil Jullienne*, a collection compiled by his patron Jean de Jullienne to preserve and popularize his oeuvre. The title, meaning "The Shiverer," likely evokes a playful, ...