19th Century Oil Painting on Copper Antoine Watteau

This is a good 19th century oil painting on copper panel of a party of elegant aristocrats in an Italianate garden setting painted in the manner of Antoine Watteau. Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the waning Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical, Rococo. Watteau was born in Valenciennes France in October 1684 but died at the young age of 36 in July 1721. This painting is in the true romantic Rococo style popularised by artists like Watteau and Francois Boucher. It is competently painted in oils on a copper panel and dates from around 1850. The painting is in excellent condition with good strength of colour and much charm. It is framed in an attractive Rococo style frame with complements the work beautifully. The frame measures 36 cms by 32 cms overall. UK insured packing and delivery is £15