# Soldiers and Camp Followers Resting from a March [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PATER, Jean Baptiste Joseph]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on paper laid on canvas, 43 x 49 cm ## Commentary Soldiers and Camp Followers Resting from a March c. 1730 Oil on paper laid on canvas, 43 x 49 cm Private collection This is a study for Pater's painting now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Pater was inspired by Watteau to paint groups of contemporary figures in imaginary landscapes. The younger artist includes camp followers \(women and children\) and picturesque ruins as well as soldiers in this scene. ## Related artworks - [Concert Champêtre]() - [Concert Champêtre]() - [Conversation Galante]() - [Fête Champêtre]() - [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]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()