After Jean Antoine Watteau

The canvases appear to have been relined and the stretchers are all backed with linen. The paint surfaces are all generally secure with some scattered and somewhat discoloured retouchings visible to the naked eye. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered retouchings to all and a small restored hole upper right to the canvas with the amorous couple. Offered in wood and plaster frames in fair condition.
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These works appear to date from the 19th century and the central scenes are copies after Watteau's originals. The painting depicting Pierrot is very close in composition to the original listed as decoration for a paravent (see G. Macchia, L'opera completa di Watteau, Milan 1968, p. 97, cat. no. 49 D). The two allegories of spring and summer are copies after decoration fot the Hôtel de Nointel, Paris (see op. cit. p. 94, cat. nos. 33 A and 33 B).