This painting's theme may have been suggested by the play The Three Cousins, though it was more likely inspired by Houdar de la Motte's opera ballet La Venitienne. Most of the artistic techniques were probably taken from the artist's close study of Rubens' Garden of Love. A statue wound about with flowers appears on the right. In the center, a man faces away from the viewer and holds a staff in his left hand, with his right arm around a woman in a bright gold dress, while four other couples stand under the large trees t
This painting's theme may have been suggested by the play The Three Cousins, though it was more likely inspired by Houdar de la Motte's opera ballet La Venitienne. Most of the artistic techniques were probably taken from the artist's close study of Rubens' Garden of Love. A statue wound about with flowers appears on the right. In the center, a man faces away from the viewer and holds a staff in his left hand, with his right arm around a woman in a bright gold dress, while four other couples stand under the large trees that dominate the upper right of this painting.  On the left, cherubs fly around the red and white sails of a golden boat, which people are boarding, while the far right features Cupid's quiver of arrows at the base of a statue of Venus. For ten points, name this painting depicting a leisurely trip to an enchanted island, a fete-galante by Watteau.
This painting's theme may have been suggested by the play The Three Cousins, though it was more likely inspired by Houdar de la Motte's opera ballet La Venitienne.
A Pilgrimage to Cythera [or Embarkation from Cythera; or Embarkation to Cythera]