Mezzetino (Watteau)
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Mezzetino (painting)
)| Mezzetino | |
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Jean-Antoine Watteau | |
| Year | c. 1718–1720 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Subject | Mezzetino playing guitar |
| Dimensions | 55.2 cm × 43.2 cm (21.7 in × 17.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
| Accession | 34.138 |
Mezzetino (transl. Mezzetin;
Wildenstein art firm in Paris and New York, from which it was bought in 1934 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains; the institution also owns a preparatory study—a drawing of the man's head.[1]
Mezzetino was a comedy character, based on
Théâtre italien de Paris actor Angelo Costantini on October 16, 1683. Constantini's expressive face allowed him to portray the role without a mask, a tradition kept alive by all successive Mezzetinos. That novelty attracted Watteau, who featured Mezzetino in several of his works.[2] In the picture, Mezzetino is playing his guitar and singing, his eyes lifted as if towards an unseen balcony. The statue of Venus behind him is facing away, suggesting that his feelings are not shared by the lady she represents. Although the model for Mezzetino is not known, the fact that Jean de Jullienne, who, while selling a number of Watteau's works through his life, still kept Mezzetino, suggests he may have fulfilled the role.[3]
Provenance
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Exhibition history
| Year | Title | Location | Cat. no. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | A Century of Progress | Art Institute, Chicago | 154[4][5] | ||||||
| 1935 | Exposition de l'art français au XVIIIe siècle / Udstillingen af frankrigs kunst fra det XVIII. aarhundrede | Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen | 260 | ||||||
| French Painting and Sculpture of the XVIII Century | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | 5 | |||||||
| 1937 | Chefs d'œuvre de l'art français | Palais National des Arts, Paris | 231 | ||||||
| 1951 | Wildenstein Jubilee Loan Exhibition, 1901-1951: Masterpieces From Museums and Private Collections | Wildenstein & Company Building , New York
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17 | ||||||
| 1952–1953 | Art Treasures of the Metropolitan | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | 127[6] | ||||||
| 1970 | Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | *[7] | ||||||
| 1970–1971 | Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | 303[8] | ||||||
| 1977 | Paris — New York, A Continuing Romance | Wildenstein & Company Building, New York | 54 | ||||||
| 1984–1985 | Watteau 1684–1721 | Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin
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P. 49[9] | ||||||
| 2003–2004 | The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting | National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin | 10 | ||||||
| 2009 | Watteau, Music, and Theater | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | 12[10] | ||||||
| General references: Grasselli, Rosenberg & Parmantier 1984, pp. 364–365; Baejter 2010. "*" denotes an unnumbered entry. | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Mezzetin". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Moureau 1992, p. 123.
- ^ Grasselli, Rosenberg & Parmantier 1984, p. 364.
- OCLC 68667579– via the Internet Archive.
- OCLC 1145795843– via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1952). Art Treasures of the Metropolitan (exhibition catalogue). New York: H. N. Abrams. p. 230 – via the Internet Archive.
- OCLC 1036384751– via the Internet Archive.
- OCLC 930453793– via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Opperman 1988, pp. 356, 359.
- ^ Baetjer 2009, pp. 44–47.
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External links
- Mezzetin at the Web Gallery of Art