Watteau at Work: La Surprise Spring Eqiunox Written by the Mercedarian friar

Written by the Mercedarian friar Martín de Murúa

and Some Aesthetic Decisions: The Photographs of Judy Fiskin (Getty

essentially antiquarian pursuit’ and to take a more interpretative approach

Drawn from a wide range of works in the Getty Museum’s permanent collection

Watteau at Work: La Surprise Spring Eqiunox Written by the Mercedarian friarEmily A. Beeny, Davide Gasparotto, and Richard Rand Marking the three hundredth anniversary of Jean Antoine Watteaus death, this publication takes a close, revealing look at his recently rediscovered painting La Surprise. The painting La Surprise by Jean Antoine Watteau (16841721) belongs to a new genre of painting invented by the artist himselfthe fte galante. These works, which show graceful open air gatherings filled with scenes of courtship, music