Mezzetin

Watteau, Jean-Antoine (1684-1721)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1718-1720
Height:
55.2 cm  (21 3/4 in.)
Width:
43.2 cm  (17 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 34.138]

Description

Mezzetin, a stock comic character of the Italian commedia dell'arte, is seated in a pavilion playing guitar. In the background is a rear view of a statue of a female figure.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237] (Five-course baroque guitar)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3727