AFTER JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU (VALENCIENNES 1684- 1721 NOGENT-SUR-MARNE)
Le Bosquet de Bacchus
inscribed JB Pater on the reverse
oil on canvas
33 x 46 cm

The reversed direction of the composition indicates that the painting was copied from Cochin‘s engraving. However, the guitarist in the foreground has been reversed so that he can strum his intrument with his right hand.