Updated 14 April 2025
On Display Special Exhibition Wing
On Display
Special Exhibition Wing
Encampment (Soldiers' Halt)
| Materials and Techniques | oil on panel |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 17 x 22 |
| Credit Line | Purchased |
| Standard ref. | Ingersoll-Smouse 456 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1969-0001 |
Pater was one of the few pupils of the great Rococo painter Watteau. This work exhibits the typical aesthetics and format of early Rococo painting in its poetic depiction of soldiers at leisure. Pater expressed the strengths and the sensitivities of man, taking joy in the beauty of nature and living things. While the work lacks the delicate balance of objects steeped in shuddering light found in Watteau's work, the lively and fresh brushwork makes it a particularly fine example of Pater's œvre. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Andrew James, London; Willed to his daughter, Miss James, London; Auc. Christie's, London, 20. 6. 1891, lot no. 35 (attributed to A. Watteau); Wildenstein, Paris.
Exhibition History
- 1891
- Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 0 January 1891 - 0 March 1891, cat. p. 14, no. 47(attributed to A. Watteau)
- 1946
- Woman and Her Background in XVIII Century France, Wildenstein & Co. Ltd., London, 0 June 1946 - 0 June 1946, p. 6, cat. no. 4
- 1967
- Art and the Decorator, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 0 April 1967 - 0 May 1967, no number
Bibliography
- 1875
- Goncourt, Edmond de. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau. Paris, 1875, p. 360.
- 1895
- Phillips, Claude. Antoine Watteau. London, 1895, p. 28.
- 1928
- Ingersoll-Smouse, Florence. Pater: biographie et catalogue critiques, l'œuvre complète de l'artiste reproduite en deux cent treize héliogravures . Paris, 1928, p. 73, no. 456, fig. 118.
- 1950
- Adhémar, Hélène. Watteau, sa vie, son œuvre. Paris, 1950, p. 206, cited under no. 38.
- 1971
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 4 (1969), 1971, Yamada, Chisaburoh F. [On the New Acquisitions]. pp. 5-6. Catalogue of the New Acquisitions. pp. 8-9. no. P-374. repr.
- 1971
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 60, repr.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 18, repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 23, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 208, repr.
- 1989
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1998 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 38, col. repr.