The Four Seasons
second quarter 18th century
Medium
Canvas, painted in oil, with damask backing
Dimensions
Overall: 55 × 88 in. (139.7 × 223.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings-Decorative
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Annie C. Kane, 1926
Accession Number
26.260.22
Tags
About the Artist
Antoine Watteau|François Boucher · 1684–1721
Jean-Antoine Watteau, born in 1684 in Valenciennes to a modest family—his father a roofer named Jean-Philippe Watteau—was the second of four sons who displayed an early passion for art. After initial apprenticeship under local painter Jacques-Albert Gérin, he moved to Paris around 1702, working in workshops copying Flemish and Dutch genre scenes. By 1705, he entered the studio of Claude Gillot, ab...