# The Bivouac [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WATTEAU, Louis-Joseph]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Watercolour, gouache and oxidised white gouache, 145 x 245 mm ## Commentary This scene, attributed to Louis-Joseph Watteau, combines the atmosphere of a fete-galante with the martially orientated themes that run throughout Watteau's works. Louis-Joseph Watteau is chiefly remembered as a highly skilled genre painter who adapted the style of other family members to produce his own uniquely romantic and informal painting manner. ## Related artworks - [Musicians with Animals]() - [Musicians with Animals]() - [The Storm]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()