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Mezzetino (Watteau)

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Painting by Antoine Watteau
Mezzetino
ArtistJean-Antoine Watteau
Yearc. 1718–1720
MediumOil on canvas
SubjectMezzetino playing guitar
Dimensions55.2 cm × 43.2 cm (21.7 in × 17.0 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art,New York City
Accession34.138

Mezzetino (transl.Mezzetin;French:Mézetin) is an oil-on-canvas painting in theMetropolitan Museum of Art,New York, by theFrench Rococo painterJean-Antoine Watteau. Dated within 1717–1720,Mezzetino forms a full-length single-figure composition, depicting theeponymous character incommedia dell'arte. In the 18th century,Mezzetino was owned byJean de Jullienne, the friend and patron of Watteau who supervised thefour-volume edition of prints after the artist's works, for which the picture was engraved byBenoit Audran the Elder; after Jullienne's death in 1766, it was acquired for theHermitage inSaint Petersburg, then recently established by EmpressCatherine II of Russia. During theSoviet sales in the 1920s and 1930s,Mezzetino was sold to British-American businessmanCalouste Gulbenkian; it was later sold to theWildenstein 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 onHarlequin but with his own distinctive costume, who was introduced for the first time by theThéâtre 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 keptMezzetino, suggests he may have fulfilled the role.[3]

Provenance

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Exhibition history

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List of exhibitions featuring the work
YearTitleLocationCat. no.
1934A Century of ProgressArt Institute,Chicago154[4][5]
1935Exposition de l'art français au XVIIIe siècle / Udstillingen af frankrigs kunst fra det XVIII. aarhundredeCharlottenborg Palace,Copenhagen260
French Painting and Sculpture of the XVIII CenturyMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York5
1937Chefs d'œuvre de l'art françaisPalais National des Arts,Paris231
1951Wildenstein Jubilee Loan Exhibition, 1901-1951: Masterpieces From Museums and Private CollectionsWildenstein & Company Building, New York17
1952–1953Art Treasures of the MetropolitanMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York127[6]
1970Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Fine Arts,Boston*[7]
1970–1971Masterpieces of Fifty CenturiesMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York303[8]
1977Paris — New York, A Continuing RomanceWildenstein & Company Building, New York54
1984–1985Watteau 1684–1721National Gallery of Art,Washington, D.C.;Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris;Charlottenburg Palace,BerlinP. 49[9]
2003–2004The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre PaintingNational Gallery of Canada,Ottawa; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.;Gemäldegalerie, Berlin10
2009Watteau, Music, and TheaterMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York12[10]
General references:Grasselli, Rosenberg & Parmantier 1984, pp. 364–365;Baejter 2010.
"*" denotes an unnumbered entry.

References

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  1. ^"Mezzetin". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved18 October 2018.
  2. ^Moureau 1992, p. 123.
  3. ^Grasselli, Rosenberg & Parmantier 1984, p. 364.
  4. ^Art Institute, Chicago (1934).Catalogue of A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. Chicago: Art Institute. p. 27.OCLC 68667579 – via the Internet Archive.
  5. ^Bulliet, C. J. (1934).1934 Art Masterpieces in a Сentury of Progress (exhibition catalogue). Chicago: Sterling North. p. 37.OCLC 1145795843 – via the Internet Archive.
  6. ^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.
  7. ^Standen, Edith A. (1970).Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: New York Graphic Society. p. 66.ISBN 978-0-87099-015-1.OCLC 1036384751 – via the Internet Archive.
  8. ^Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1970).Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries (exhibition catalogue). New York: Dutton. p. 274.ISBN 0525039503.OCLC 930453793 – via the Internet Archive.
  9. ^Opperman 1988, pp. 356, 359.
  10. ^Baetjer 2009, pp. 44–47.

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