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Harlequin jaloux (copy 1)
Entered June 2025
Whereabouts unknown
Oil on panel
33 x 25 cm
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Arlequin jaloux
Groupe de personnages dans un parc
PROVENANCE
Rouen, sale, Normandy Auction, April 22, 2018, lot 32: ”ECOLE FRANCAISE DU XIXe. Arlequin jaloux d’après Antoine WATTEAU Huile sur panneau 33 x 25 cm Estimation: 200 € / 300.”
REMARKS
This copy of Watteau’s composition is in the same sense as the Chedel engraving and closely corresponds in its details.
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Harlequin jaloux (copy 2)
Entered June 2025
Whereabouts unknown
Oil on panel
19.8 x 23.2 cm
PROVENANCE
France, ebay, December 19, 2018: “Entourage de Jean Antoine Watteau . . . ou à son entourage. ‘Harlequin jaloux.’ Huile sur panneau attribuée à Jean Antoine . . . ou à son entourage ‘Harlequin jaloux’ une huile sur panneau de Jean Antoine WATTEAU considerée à ce jour comme perdue, n’est connue que d’après une gravure exécoutée en 1732 par Pierre Quentin CHEDEL (1705-1762). Cet gravure fut exécutée d’après l’oeuvre original dans le même sens. Le dernier acquéreur fut en 1793, Jean Baptiste Pierre LE BRUN (1748-1813), époux d’Elisabthe VIGEE LE BRUN (1755-1842) . . . Copie don’t la commande aurait probablement été passé auprès d’un grand maître de l’époque comme le fut Jean Baptiste François Joseph PATER (1695-1736), célèbre peintre qui fut élève et proche de Jean Antoine WATTEAU . . . C’est une huile sur panneau de bois doublé, non signé et mesurant 19,8 cm sur 23,2 cm . . .”
REMARKS
This picture does not appear to be from the eighteenth century, much less from Pater or any other Watteau satellite.
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Harlequin jaloux (copy 3)
Entered June 2025
Whereabouts unknown
Medium unknown
Measurements unknown
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Arlequin jaloux
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adhémar, Watteau, under cat. 63.
Ferré, Watteau, 1972 (under cat. B 14)
PROVENANCE
Paris, sale, Hôtel des commissaires-priseurs, rue Drouot, January 30, 1855, lot 51: “WATTEAU (ANTOINE). . . . Une Dame, l’éventail à la main, écoute les propos gallants d’un jeune homme qui se penche à son oreille. Un joueur de guitare près d’eux, accorde son instrument.”
Paris, collection of Monsieur E***. His sale, Paris, Hôtel des ventes mobilières, March 2, 1860, lot 32: “WATTEAU (ANTOINE) . . . Arlequin jaloux. Au centre on voit un groupe de trois figures, Colombine écoute les propos d’un galant assis à sa droite, à ses pieds assis par terre, Pierrot pince de la guitare . Derrière un massif d’arbres Arlequin éspie cette scene.”
REMARKS
Although the wording of the 1855 text might seem vague, in fact, that catalogue provides an explicit description of Harlequin jaloux. The 1860 text is still more explicit and names the specific Watteau composition. While we cannot be certain that the two citations refer to the same painting, certain phrases (such as “écoute les propos”) suggest the one follows the other. Unfortunately, the dimensions and support are not given on either occasion, or else it might be possible to determine whether this work was Watteau’s original or, more likely, one of the extant copies.
Although Adhémar does not offer a provenance for Harlequin jaloux other than that it was in Oppenord‘s collection, she cites the 1860 sale as being the last time it was seen—thus implying that she considers Monsieur H’s painting to have been Watteau’s autograph work.
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Harlequin jaloux (copy 4)
Entered June 2025
Whereabouts unknown
Medium unknown
Measurements unknown
PROVENANCE
Paris, sale, Hôtel des ventes, February 12-13, 1849, lot 38: “WATTEAU . . . Arlequin jaloux. Tableau d’une couleur brillante et d’une exécution soignée. Ce tableau a été gravé.“
REMARKS
Without knowing the painting’s measurements or support, it is not possible to identify it with the other recorded copies of this composition.
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Harlequin jaloux (copy 5)
Entered June 2025
Whereabouts unknown
Medium unknown
Measurements unknown
ALTERNATE TITLES
Arlequin jaloux
PROVENANCE
Paris, sale, Hôtel des commissaires-priseurs, March 5-6, 1855, lot 53: “WATTEAU. Arlequin jaloux.”
REMARKS
A number of copies of Harlequin jaloux were on the Paris market in the mid-nineteenth century (see copies 3-4) but without knowing this painting’s measurements or support, it is not possible to identify it with any of them.
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Harlequin jaloux (copy 6)
Entered June 2025
Whereabouts unknown
Oil on copper
25 x 29 cm
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Personnages de la Comédie italienne
PROVENANCE
Paris, sale, Hôtel Drouot, April 13-16, 1874, lot 288: “WATTEAU (D’après ANTOINE) . . . Personnages de la Comédie italienne. Dans un parc, Colombine entourée de Léandre et de Pierrot: plus loin, Arlequin à demi caché. Cuivre.Haut., 25 cent.; larg. 20 cent.”
REMARKS
A number of copies of Harlequin jaloux were on the Paris market in the mid-nineteenth century but none of them were listed as being on copper.
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Harlequin jaloux (copy 7)
Entered June 2025
Collection of Oliver Auster, Skodsborgvej, Denmark
Oil on panel
11.2 x 8.15 cm
REMARKS
This awkward copy of Watteau’s composition accords with the direction of his painting rather than with the direction of the Chedel engraving. It is not an entirely faithful copy. The arrangement of the trees is different, the herm statue has been eliminated, and the foreground and upper reaches of the trees and sky have been reduced, resulting in a greater focus on the actors.
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