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Marriage Contract and Country Dancing
Jean-Antoine Watteau · 1711
Why it's great
A wedding party takes place outdoors, with dancers, musicians and guests under big trees. Jean-Antoine Watteau painted it in about 1711.
Where to see it
📍 Museo del PradoMadrid, Spain
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⬇ Hi-res download
3,051 × 2,610 px · 8.0 megapixels · prints up to about 10 × 9 inches at 300 dpi
File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
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Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French painter born in Valenciennes in 1684. He invented the fête galante, a dreamy picture of elegant people in silk costumes having a party or flirting in a park, and he also loved painting actors and clowns from the theater. He died young, at 36, in 1721.
