Auction sale reference

La Surprise : A couple embracing while a figure dressed as Mezzetin tunes a guitar

Sold for £12,361,250 at Christie's on Jul 8, 2008.

Figurative painting of an embracing couple beside a seated costumed musician holding a guitar in a wooded landscape.

Lot description

Jean-Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684-1721) La Surprise: A couple embracing while a figure dressed as Mezzetin tunes a guitar oil on panel 14½ x 11½ in. (36.3 x 28.2 cm.)

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