The Shop Sign of Gersaint
Jean-Antoine Watteau · 1720
Why it's great
Customers in a Paris art dealer's shop look at paintings, a mirror and a portrait of the king being packed into a crate. Jean-Antoine Watteau painted it in 1720 in just about a week, as a sign for a friend's shop, and it is full of charm.
Where to see it
📍 Charlottenburg PalaceCharlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany
Open in Maps ↗Hang it on your wall
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
These links open search results on each shop's own website; we don't sell anything or earn a commission, and print quality varies by seller. Ask a grown-up before you buy anything.
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.
