# Fête Champêtre [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PATER, Jean Baptiste Joseph]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 75 x 93 cm ## Commentary Fête Champêtre c. 1730 Oil on canvas, 75 x 93 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pater's 'fêtes galantes' continue the genre invented by his teacher Watteau, exploring many variations on the theme of amorous dalliance. By way of Watteau, Pater certainly felt the impact of Rubens, but he was also directly inspired by Rubens's paintings, particularly the celebrated <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/rubens/61other/071garde.html'\)" href="/html/r/rubens/61other/071garde.html">Garden of Love.</a> The embracing couple just left of centre as well as the couple entering the scene from the right allude to similar groups in Rubens's painting. Furthermore, both pictures are graced by a nude female statue whose animated pose belies her stony matter. ## Related artworks - [Concert Champêtre]() - [Concert Champêtre]() - [Conversation Galante]() - [Fête Champêtre]() - [Fête Galante: La Barque de plaisir]() - [Gathering of Actors of the Comédie-Italienne in a Park]() - [Les Baigneuses \(The Bathers\)]() - [Mme. de Bouvillon Tempts Fate by Asking Ragotin to Search for a Flea]() - [On the Terrace]() - [Picking Roses]() - [Relaxing in the Country]() - [Soldiers and Camp Followers Resting from a March]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()