The Signboard of Gersaint

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The Signboard of Gersaint is a celebrated early 18th-century painting by Antoine Watteau that depicts a fashionable Parisian art shop and is often seen as a poignant farewell to the Rococo era.

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L’Enseigne de Gersaint 2
The Signboard of Gersaint canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalSignificance considered one of Watteau’s last major works
important example of early 18th-century Parisian genre painting
often interpreted as a farewell to the Rococo era
associatedWith Antoine Watteau’s late style
Paris art market in the early 18th century
collection Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
surface form: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
colorPalette subtle, refined Rococo palette
commissionedBy Edme-François Gersaint
countryOfOrigin France
creator Antoine Watteau
depictionPeriod Regency period in France
depicts Parisian art shop interior
art dealer Edme-François Gersaint’s shop
crated portrait of Louis XIV
elegantly dressed men
elegantly dressed women
fashionable Parisian clientele
gallery-like display of paintings
mirrors
packing and unpacking of artworks
paintings on display
shop assistants
social interaction among customers
genre Rococo painting
hasPart left panel
right panel
inception 1720
influenced later depictions of art galleries and collectors
location Charlottenburg Palace
materialUsed oil paint
movement Rococo
narrativeTheme commerce of art
transience of fashion and status
urban life in early 18th-century Paris
originalFunction shop sign
originalTitle The Signboard of Gersaint self-linksurface differs
surface form: L’Enseigne de Gersaint
style elegant, fluid brushwork characteristic of Watteau
subjectMatter commerce, connoisseurship, and social display in an art shop
support canvas
titleLanguage French

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Antoine Watteau notableWork The Signboard of Gersaint
Antoine Watteau notableWork The Signboard of Gersaint
this entity surface form: L’Enseigne de Gersaint
The Signboard of Gersaint originalTitle The Signboard of Gersaint self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: L’Enseigne de Gersaint