1706
watercolor
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Scene from "The Tomb of Master André" is a 1706 watercolor by Claude Gillot, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a group of people in a room. There's a man standing in the middle, and others are gathered around him. The room has a high ceiling with a big decoration hanging from it. The people are all dressed in old-fashioned clothes, and some of them are holding things like books or tools. The room looks fancy, with lots of details on the walls and ceiling. It's like a scene from a story or a play. If you want to learn more about this style of painting, you could look into the Baroque movement.
Claude Gillot (April 27, 1673 – May 4, 1722) was a French painter, printmaker, and illustrator, best known as the master of Watteau and Lancret.
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