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Antoine Watteau (artist) French, 1684 - 1721 Italian Comedians, probably 1720 oil on canvas Overall: 63.8 x 76.2 cm (25 1/8 x 30 in.) framed: 94.3 x 106.4 cm (37 1/8 x 41 7/8 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1946.7.9 |
Exhibition History
- 1871
- Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1871, no. 176, as Pierrot: a group.
- 1902
- Selection of Works by French and English Painters of the Eighteenth Century, Art Gallery of the Corporation of London, 1902, no. 40.
- 1930
- Loan to display with permanent collection, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, 1930-1931.
- 1930
- Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1930, no. 348.
- 1932
- Exhibition of French Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1932, no. 177, repro.
- 1946
- Recent Additions to the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 774.
- 1980
- Picasso: The Saltimbanques, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, no. 1, fig. 1.
- 1984
- Watteau 1684-1721, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, West Germany, 1984-1985, no. 71.
- 1992
- From El Greco to Cezanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 26, repro.
- 1994
- A Gift to America: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Seattle Art Museum; Calif. Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1994-1995, no. 36.
- 2004
- The Great Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown, Musée du Grand Palais, Paris; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2004, no. 1, repro.