1712
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Gallant Gardener is a 1712 chalk by Jean Antoine Watteau, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a man and a woman in a garden. The man is holding a spade and is about to cut a branch of a tree. The woman is sitting on the ground, looking at him. The man and the woman are dressed in 18th-century clothing. The woman is wearing a hat. The man is wearing a hat and a cloak. The drawing is done in red chalk on laid paper. It is an allegory. Look up more works by artist Watteau, Antoine.
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.
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