The Worried Lover
The Worried Lover (L'Amante inquiète) is a c. 1715-1717 painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau. A preparatory drawing now entitled Two studies of a seated woman (private collection) exactly matches the pose of the woman in the painting. Watteau also made an etching showing a woman seated in a very similar pose. Single figures were common in his work and also appear in La Finette, L'Indifférent and The Dreamer. According to Jean Ferré, the cut roses in the painting are a symbol of "consumed love".[1]
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| Artist | Jean Antoine Watteau |
| Year | c. 1715-1717 |
| Catalogue | H 48 (49); G 81; DV 165; R 95; HA 127; EC 211; F B34; RM 225 |
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 24 cm × 17.5 cm (9.4 in × 6.9 in) |
| Location | Salle Caroline, Musée Condé, Chantilly |
The painting was originally owned by abbé Haranger, canon of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris and one of Watteau's closest friends (he inherited many of the artist's drawings on his death). An engraving was made after the painting in 1729 by Pierre Aveline, printed on the same sheet as a print of Watteau's The Dreamer, then also owned by Haranger.[2] They were either intended as pendants to each other or - according to Pierre Rosenberg - were hung together by Haranger despite not being related.[3]
The painting featured in the sale of Lebrun's collection in Paris in 1791 and entered the marquis de Maison's collection. It and the rest of that collection were then bought by Henri d'Orleans, Duke of Aumale in 1868 during his exile in London. When he returned to France he hung it in the salle Caroline of his château de Chantilly, where it remains as part of the musée Condé collection.[4][5]
References
- (in French) Jean Ferré (ed.), Watteau, Madrid, 1972
- Garnier-Pelle 1995, pp. 155–156.
- Pierre Rosenberg, Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), catalogue for the National Gallery of Art, Grand Palais and Schloss Charlottenburg exhibition, 1984-1985
- "JOCONDE entry".
- "Museum catalogue entry".
Further reading
- Adhémar, Hélène (1950). Watteau; sa vie, son oeuvre (in French). Includes "L’univers de Watteau", an introduction by René Huyghe. Paris: P. Tisné. cat. no. 127. OCLC 853537.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Baticle, Jeannine (1985). "Le chanoine Haranger, ami de Watteau". Revue de l'Art (in French) (69): 55–61. doi:10.3406/rvart.1985.347524 – via Persee.fr.
- Camesasca, Ettore (1971). The Complete Painting of Watteau (loan required). Classics of the World's Great Art. Introduction by John Sutherland. New York: Harry N. Abrams. pp. 125–126, cat. no. 211. ISBN 0810955253. OCLC 143069 – via the Internet Archive.
- Dacier, Émile; Vuaflart, Albert (1922). Jean de Julienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIII-e siècle. III. Catalogue (in French). Paris: M. Rousseau. cat. no. 165. OCLC 1039156495.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Ferré, Jean, ed. (1972). Watteau (in French). 1. Madrid: Éditions Athena. cat. no. B34. OCLC 906101135.
- Garnier-Pelle, Nicole (1995). Chantilly, musée Condé. Peintures du xviiie siècle. Inventaire des collections publiques de France (in French). 38. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. pp. 155–156, cat. no. 113. OCLC 33264438.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Glorieux, Guillaume (2011). Watteau. Collection Les Phares (in French). Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod. pp. 165, 169. ISBN 9782850883408. OCLC 711039378.
- Goncourt, Edmond de (1875). Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau (in French). Paris: Rapilly. p. 77, cat. no. 81. OCLC 1041772738 – via the Internet Archive.
- Grasselli, Margaret Morgan; Rosenberg, Pierre; Parmantier, Nicole; et al. (1984). Watteau, 1684-1721 ; National Gallery of Art, June 17—September 23, 1984; Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, October 23, 1984—January 28, 1985; Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, February 22—May 26, 1985 (PDF). Washington: National Gallery of Art. ISBN 0-89468-074-9. OCLC 557740787 – via the National Gallery of Art archive.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Gruyer, François-Anatole (1899). Chantilly, Musée Condé. Notice des peintures (in French). Paris: Braun, Clément et cie. pp. 346, 349, cat. no. 372 – via the Internet Archive.
- Hédouin, P. (November 30, 1845). "Watteau: catalogue de son oeuvre". L'Artiste (in French). pp. 78–80 – via Gallica. p. 79, cat. no. 48
- Hédouin, P. (1856). Mosaïque. Peintres, musiciens, littérateurs, artistes dramatiques à partir du 15e siècle jusqu'à nos jours (in French). Paris: Heugel. p. 99, cat. no. 49. OCLC 1157159285 – via the Internet Archive.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Mathey, Jacques (1959). Antoine Watteau. Peintures réapparues inconnues ou négligées par les historiens (in French). Paris: F. de Nobele. p. 68. OCLC 954214682.
- Posner, Donald (1984). Antoine Watteau. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 123. ISBN 0-8014-1571-3. OCLC 10736607 – via the Internet Archive.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Réau, Louis (1928–1930). "Watteau". In Dimier, Louis (ed.). Les peintres français du XVIII-e siècle: Histoire des vies et catalogue des œuvres (in French). 1. Paris: G. Van Oest. p. 38, cat. no. 95. OCLC 564527521.
- Roland Michel, Marianne. Watteau: Tutti I Dipinti. I Maestri (in Italian). 19. Translated from the French by Marina Anzil Robertini. Milano: Rizzoli. cat. no. 225. OCLC 48636176. OCLC 801077589. Published in French as Tout Watteau. La Peinture. Paris: Flammarion. 1982. ISBN 2-08-012226-6. OCLC 490060827.
- Roland Michel, Marianne (1984). Watteau (in French). Paris: Flammarion. pp. 55, 156. ISBN 9782080120205. OCLC 417153549.
- Rosenberg, Pierre; Prat, Louis-Antoine (1996). Antoine Watteau : catalogue raisonné des dessins (in French). Paris: Gallimard-Electa. vol. 1, cat. no. 162. ISBN 2070150437. OCLC 463981169.
- Temperini, Renaud (2002). Watteau. Maîtres de l'art (in French). Paris: Gallimard. cat. no. 10. ISBN 9782070116867. OCLC 300225840.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Zimmermann, E. Heinrich (1912). Watteau: des Meisters Werke in 182 Abbildungen. Klassiker der Kunst (in German). 21. Stuttgart, Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 16, 186. OCLC 561124140.
External links
- Eidelberg, Martin (August 2014). "L'Amante inquiète". A Watteau Abecedario. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.