The Anxious Lover

The Anxious Lover

• Localisation : The Caroline Room
• Année de création :1715-1717
• Artiste :Jean-Antoine Watteau

Description

At the start of the 18th century, Watteau (1684-1721) created a new type of painting called “fête galante”. His works frequently depict characters from the commedia dell’arte. He stages these at social gatherings in parks at nightfall, with young men courting young women in a rather melancholy atmosphere. The roses held by the young woman would thus be symbolic of a love that has already been consummated.