# Fête Galante: La Barque de plaisir [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PATER, Jean Baptiste Joseph]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 75 x 93 cm ## Commentary While the idea is his own, we may observe here even more than usual Pater's dedication to draftsmanship, and his debt to Watteau. Anyone of these figures could have come from one of his master's paintings, similar carefully posed figures may be found in the work of Watteau and the subject is one which Watteau could easily have chosen. There exists a smaller variant of this composition in a private collection. ## Related artworks - [Concert Champêtre]() - [Concert Champêtre]() - [Conversation Galante]() - [Fête Champêtre]() - [Fête Champêtre]() - [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]()