Depicting a "fete galantes," lovers in a pastoral setting, FTP name this classic Rococo set on the island on which Venus was born, a work by Jean-Antoine Watteau.
Claude Debussy's piano works Masques and L'Isle Joyeuse were inspired by this painting. Its creator produced two versions of this painting, in 1716 and 1718, the earlier of which is in the Louvre. The statue of Venus in the first version is armless and in profile, while in the latter she is intact and in contrapposto. The primary couple is pretty similar in both versions, the woman's blue skirt fully visible under her long silken shawl, a man seemingly nuzzling at her right shoulder. Depicting a "fete galantes," lovers in a pastoral setting, FTP name this classic Rococo set on the island on which Venus was born, a work by Jean-Antoine Watteau.
Claude Debussy's piano works Masques and L'Isle Joyeuse were inspired by this painting.
The {Embarkation for Cythera} or The {Pilgrimage to Cythera}