Antoine watteau is better known for his bucolic scenes but early in his career he painted a few realistic scenes, such as this one showing french soldiers idling the time away during winter in his home town of valenciennes near the borders of the spanish netherlands (now belgium) during the war of the spanish succession, 12¾ x 16 inches. Object Type: painting. Date: between circa 1710 and circa 1711. Collection: The Frick Collection. Watteau. The Portal of Valenciennes (1709)
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