L'oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau (volume II)

Various Artists after Antoine Watteau

National Gallery of Art

This print shows several people on a cobblestone street in a variety of dramatic poses, their arms outstretched in different directions. There is a woman in the center dressed in an elaborate gown, looking upward. She has pale skin and light hair, and she wears a necklace that looks like a strand of pearls. Behind her, people appear shocked, with a woman bending down and holding a cloth to her face, a man with one head on his hand and the other stretched forward, and another person kneeling on some stairs, their head on the ground. On the left, a man with medium-toned skin and a dark beard bows down towards the woman, his arms outstretched, holding a cloth. More shocked people are on the left, one of them wearing a mask over the top of their head. On the far right, someone stands on a ladder, posting a large sign on the wall. A person below looks toward them, their right arm raised up as if directing. In the bottom right corner, a child appears to carry a thin drum or similar object on a strap hung around their neck. The background includes more buildings on the cobblestone street under a light gray sky. People look out from second story windows in a building on the left, staring down at the scene on the street. Below the print are several lines of text.