Perfect Harmony (painting)

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L'Accord parfait
The Perfect Accord
The Perfect Accord LACMA AC1999.18.1.jpg
ArtistAntoine Watteau
Yearca. 1717–1720
CatalogueH 63 (64); G 97; DV 23; R 118; HA 120; EC 196; F B29; RM 239; RT 106
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions35.5 cm × 28 cm (14.0 in × 11 in)
LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
AccessionAC1999.18.1

The Perfect Accord (L'Accord parfait), also adapted into English as Perfect Harmony, is a 1719 painting by Antoine Watteau, now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It was the pendant to the same artist's The Surprise.

It was initially owned by a friend of the artist, , but it and Surprise were sold separately by his heir around 1756.

Exhibition history[]

List of exhibitions featuring the work
Year Title Location Cat. no.
1871 Old Masters Royal Academy of Arts, London 130
1891 Old Masters Royal Academy of Arts, London 55
1933 Three French Reigns Sassoon House, London 98
1954–1955 European Masters of the Eighteenth Century Royal Academy of Arts, London 237
1968 The French Taste in English Painting Kenwood House, London 12
2004 Watteau et la fête galante Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes 56
General reference: Eidelberg 2014

Further reading[]

  • Adhémar, Hélène (1950). Watteau; sa vie, son oeuvre (in French). Includes "L’univers de Watteau", an introduction by René Huyghe. Paris: P. Tisné. cat. no. 120. OCLC 853537.
  • Bourcaud, Gustave (1893). Dessins, gouaches, estampes et tableaux du XVIIIe siècle : guide de l'amateur. Paris: D. Morgand. p. 532 – via the Internet Archive.
  • Camesasca, Ettore (1971). The Complete Painting of Watteau (loan required). Classics of the World's Great Art. Introduction by John Sutherland. New York: Harry N. Abrams. p. 122. ISBN 0810955253. OCLC 143069 – via the Internet Archive. Cat. no. 196.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Dacier, Émile; Vuaflart, Albert (1922). Jean de Julienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIII-e siècle. III. Catalogue (in French). Paris: M. Rousseau. cat. no. 23. OCLC 1039156495.
  • Ferré, Jean, ed. (1972). Watteau (in French). 1. Madrid: Éditions Athena. cat. no. B29. OCLC 906101135.
  • Glorieux, Guillaume (2011). Watteau. Collection Les Phares (in French). Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod. p. 162. ISBN 9782850883408. OCLC 711039378.
  • Goncourt, Edmond de (1875). Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau (in French). Paris: Rapilly. p. 95–96, cat. no. 97. OCLC 1041772738 – via the Internet Archive.
  • Hannover, Emil (1888). "Des Galante Festers Maler" : Antoine Watteau (PDF) (in Danish). Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. p. 99.
  • Hédouin, P. (November 30, 1845). "Watteau: catalogue de son oeuvre". L'Artiste (in French). pp. 78–80 – via Gallica. p. 79, cat. no. 63CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Hédouin, P. (1856). Mosaïque. Peintres, musiciens, littérateurs, artistes dramatiques à partir du 15e siècle jusqu'à nos jours (in French). Paris: Heugel. p. 100, cat. no. 64. OCLC 1157159285 – via the Internet Archive.
  • Herold, Jacques; Vuaflart, Albert (1929). Jean de Julienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIII-e siècle. I. Notices et documents biographiques (in French). Paris: M. Rousseau. p. 98. OCLC 1039157338.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2003). Los Angeles County Museum of Art: With 197 Illustrations, 184 in Color. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 108. ISBN 0-500-20360-1 – via the Internet Archive.
  • Mathey, Jacques (1959). Antoine Watteau. Peintures réapparues inconnues ou négligées par les historiens (in French). Paris: F. de Nobele. p. 69. OCLC 954214682.
  • Ramade, Patrick & Eidelberg, Martin P. (2004). Watteau et la fête galante: Musée des beaux-arts de Valenciennes, 5 mars-14 juin 2004 (in French). Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. cat. no. 56. ISBN 9782711846771. OCLC 492866933.
  • Réau, Louis (1928–1930). "Watteau". In Dimier, Louis (ed.). Les peintres français du XVIII-e siècle: Histoire des vies et catalogue des œuvres (in French). 1. Paris: G. Van Oest. p. 40, cat. no. 118. OCLC 564527521.
  • . Watteau: Tutti I Dipinti. I Maestri (in Italian). 19. Translated from the French by Marina Anzil Robertini. Milano: Rizzoli. cat. no. 239. OCLC 48636176. OCLC 801077589. Published in French as Tout Watteau. La Peinture. Paris: Flammarion. 1982. ISBN 2-08-012226-6. OCLC 490060827.
  • Roland Michel, Marianne (1984). Watteau (in French). Paris: Flammarion. pp. 55, 266, 287. ISBN 9782080120205. OCLC 417153549.
  • Temperini, Renaud (2002). Watteau. Maîtres de l'art (in French). Paris: Gallimard. cat. no. 106. ISBN 9782070116867. OCLC 300225840.
  • Zimmermann, E. Heinrich (1912). Watteau: des Meisters Werke in 182 Abbildungen. Klassiker der Kunst (in German). 21. Stuttgart, Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 23, 186. OCLC 561124140.

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