# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CYVGOFzJFEC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228688-gettymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5c4be975e8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-01-05T01:17:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

What is a fête galante?

In 18th-century France, it was a brand new category of painting created by Jean-Antoine Watteau. Tired of landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and the like, Watteau brought the party to his paintings...literally.

See more Watteau at the #LinkInBio.

🖼️ La Surprise, about 1718–19, Jean-Antoine Watteau. Getty Museum
🏷️ #Getty #Museums #Paintings #Art #FrenchArt

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getty, art, frenchart, museums, linkinbio, paintings

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