FTP, identify this French clown, who was shown playing the lute with his family in another painting, also done by Jean- Antoine Watteau.
In the most studied portrait of him, the profile of a stone statue peeks through underneath a tree on the right edge, and further below it, the torsos of three figures, including a man in a red costume with a puffy hat, seem to emerge from the ground. To his lower left a bush is superimposed by the image of a smiling man riding his donkey. He himself stands rigidly straight with a solemn expression on his face, forming a contrast with his frilly lace collar, floppy hat, and pink-tasseled shoes. FTP, identify this French clown, who was shown playing the lute with his family in another painting, also done by Jean- Antoine Watteau.
In the most studied portrait of him, the profile of a stone statue peeks through underneath a tree on the right edge, and further below it, the torsos of three figures, including a man in a red costume with a puffy hat, seem to emerge from the ground.
{Gilles} or {Pierrot} (don’t accept “Gilles and His Family,” because everything before the FTP refers to a different painting)