In one version of this painting, a shiny shield and helmet are piled up alongside some books, a sword, and a lyre, and behind a recumbent woman in a blue dress in the bottom right.
In one version of this painting, a shiny shield and helmet are piled up alongside some books, a sword, and a lyre, and behind a recumbent woman in a blue dress in the bottom right. It began as an illustration for Florent Dancourt's play The Three Cousins. The aforementioned Charlottenburg Palace version shows a number of putti climbing a large pole on the left side, while both major versions of this painting include a pair of figures holding long wooden poles behind a (*) dog capering about in the lower middle. The more famous Louvre version features a garland-wrapped statue of a goddess on the right side, behind the line of people moving towards a golden boat. For 10 points, identify this fête galante painting in which a bunch of lovers prepare to either travel to or leave a Greek island, painted by Jean-Antoine Watteau.
In one version of this painting, a shiny shield and helmet are piled up alongside some books, a sword, and a lyre, and behind a recumbent woman in a blue dress in the bottom right.
Embarkation to Cythera [or L\'Embarquement pour Cythère; accept anything that indicates voyaging or making a pilgrimage or traveling either to or from Cythera, or even anything involving hanging out on Cythera]