Watteau at Work: La Surprise Spring Eqiunox Drawn from a wide range

Drawn from a wide range of works in the Getty Museum’s permanent collection

then explores the traditions of the illumination of mass books and the representation of Jewish scripture in Christian art

as well as its construction and alterations

This ornate necklace features an Egyptian scarab from the Getty Museum collection

and Some Aesthetic Decisions: The Photographs of Judy Fiskin (Getty

Watteau at Work: La Surprise Spring Eqiunox Drawn from a wide rangeEmily A. Beeny, Davide Gasparotto, and Richard Rand Marking the three hundredth anniversary of Jean Antoine Watteaus death, this publication takes a close, revealing look at his recently rediscovered painting La Surprise. The painting La Surprise by Jean Antoine Watteau (16841721) belongs to a new genre of painting invented by the artist himselfthe fte galante. These works, which show graceful open air gatherings filled with scenes of courtship, music