Savoyard with a Marmot
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Savoyard with a Marmot is an
According to Iris Lauterbach, "Watteau's paintings contain no lack of allusions to carnal desires...In Savoyard with a Marmot, for example, a showman with a cheerful smile on his face and carrying a cage with a marmot on top appears against a wintery setting. With his upright oboe, the man is making the marmot dance - a well-known sexual metaphor at that time."[2]
The Hermitage Museum, where the painting is held, alternately states that the painting depicts the Savoyard's disassociation and loneliness; Savoy was a poor region, and emigres were often marginal outcasts within the lands they decamped for.[3] Earlier, in 1715, Watteau had drawn an older Savoy woman with her boxed marmot in "Standing Savoyarde with a Marmot Box", before expanding the depth of the depiction with this work.[4]
The painting was a part of Catherine the Great's collection, before transferring to the Hermitage Museum.[5]
References
- ^ "Savoyard with a Marmot by WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine". www.wga.hu.
- ISBN 9783822853184. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Art works". Hermitage. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ "Savoyard with a Marmot by WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine". www.wga.hu.
- ^ "The Savoyard and His Marmot. : languagehat.com". languagehat.com.
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