Hst Rebus Galante Scene Angel Cherry Pelerins Island Kythira Picart XVIII

Oil on canvas depicting a gallant scene with a couple accompanied by a small cherub, their various attributes and accessories are certainly a rebus (gourd, conch, buttock ... etc), behind them a forest landscape and an island or peninsula advancing into the sea, after an engraving by Bernard Picart * "Pilgrims of the Isle of Kythera", vintage eighteenth century. This table is in good condition. It was reentoile in the nineteenth, the frame is posterior (the frame too). It is marked on the back "Near Rio Generio", "Copy from the painting of Bousquet"? A note: traces of restorations, cracks and some lack of paint, some accidents on the frame, wear of time, see photos. _________________________________ * Based on a 1708 engraving by Bernard Picart (1673-1733), a French artist active in Holland at the beginning of the 18th century, entitled "Pilgrims of the Isle of Kythera" after a painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau ( 1684-1721) "Embarkation for Cythera". In a wooded landscape, Cupid, a torch in his hand leads a young couple in love along the banks of an estuary. The young man leans a bottle towards the shell that holds the young woman in his right hand. This theme was also treated in polychrome enamels and also inspired the artists of Meissen. (see Joconde database). Frame: 103.5 cm x 59.5 cm Oil: 88.5 cm x 42.5 cm Reference: 900 214 All photos are on: www.antiques-delaval.com