2. Esilio, from Cesare Ripa, Iconologia, Padua, 1611
sing the heroes and heroines in an often ąuoted strophe. The love pilgrim is by no means only
a new version of the Arcadian shepherd; all social states participate in that pilgrimage:
"Au tempie du fils de Venus
Chacun fait son pelerinage:
La cour, la ville, le yillage
Y sonl egalement reęus."10
"Les Trois cousines", first performed in 1700 and revived several times (e.g. in 1709) gave rise
to the picture Lille de Cythere (collection Heugel, Paris), in which Watteau represented the
scenę of the departure for the island, and to the two famous Works by the same master, in the
10. Cf. Louis dc Fooroaud, "A. Watteau, Sceucs et figures theatrales," Revue de l'art ancien et modernę, XV, 1904, pp. 203ff
cspecially pp. 215ff; Emile Dacier, "Antoine de Watteau: L'Ile de Cythere avant l'Embarquement," Revue de fart ancien
et modernę, XLI, 1937, pp. 247—50; Helenę Adhćmar, L'Embarquement pour Cythere, Paris, 1947; Charles dc Tolnay
"L'Embarqucnient pour Cythere de Watteau au Louvre," Gazcttc des bcaux-arts, 6-erae serie, XLV, 1955, pp. 91 — 102.
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sing the heroes and heroines in an often ąuoted strophe. The love pilgrim is by no means only
a new version of the Arcadian shepherd; all social states participate in that pilgrimage:
"Au tempie du fils de Venus
Chacun fait son pelerinage:
La cour, la ville, le yillage
Y sonl egalement reęus."10
"Les Trois cousines", first performed in 1700 and revived several times (e.g. in 1709) gave rise
to the picture Lille de Cythere (collection Heugel, Paris), in which Watteau represented the
scenę of the departure for the island, and to the two famous Works by the same master, in the
10. Cf. Louis dc Fooroaud, "A. Watteau, Sceucs et figures theatrales," Revue de l'art ancien et modernę, XV, 1904, pp. 203ff
cspecially pp. 215ff; Emile Dacier, "Antoine de Watteau: L'Ile de Cythere avant l'Embarquement," Revue de fart ancien
et modernę, XLI, 1937, pp. 247—50; Helenę Adhćmar, L'Embarquement pour Cythere, Paris, 1947; Charles dc Tolnay
"L'Embarqucnient pour Cythere de Watteau au Louvre," Gazcttc des bcaux-arts, 6-erae serie, XLV, 1955, pp. 91 — 102.
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