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Artist



Alternative names	Jean-Antoine Watteau
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	10 October 1684	18 July 1721
Location of birth/death	Valenciennes	Nogent-sur-Marne
Work location	Paris (after 1702), Valenciennes (1709-1710), London (1719-1720)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Pierrot ("Gilles")

Date

between 1717 and 1719

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

184 × 149 cm (72.4 × 58.7 in)

Current location

( Inventory) Louvre Museum

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37.42″ N, 2° 20′ 15.36″ E
	Established	1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	WorldCat

Source/Photographer

The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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WATTEAU, Antoine

(b. 1684, Valenciennes, d. 1721, Nogent-sur-Marne)

Gilles 1718-20 Oil on canvas, 184,5 x 149,5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

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Author: WATTEAU, Antoine Title: Gilles Time-line: 1701-1750 School: French Form: painting

Type: genre

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