Perfect Harmony (painting) explained

L'Accord parfait
Other Title 1:	The Perfect Accord
Artist:	Antoine Watteau
Year:	1719
Medium:	oil on panel
Height Metric:	35.5
Width Metric:	28
City:	Los Angeles
Museum:	Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession:	AC1999.18.1
Catalogue:	63 ; G 97; 23; 118; 120; 196; F B29; 239; 106

The Perfect Accord (French: L'Accord parfait), also adapted into English as Perfect Harmony, is an oil-on-panel painting by Antoine Watteau, created c. 1719, now held in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It was the pendant to the same artist's The Surprise.

It was initially owned by a friend of the artist, Nicolas Hénin, but it^[1] and Surprise were sold separately by his heir around 1756.

Exhibition history

List of exhibitions featuring the work! Year! Title! Location! Cat. no.

1871	Old Masters	Royal Academy of Arts, London	130
1891	Old Masters	Royal Academy of Arts, London	55
1933	Three French Reigns	Sassoon House, London	98
1954–1955	European Masters of the Eighteenth Century	Royal Academy of Arts, London	237
1968	The French Taste in English Painting	Kenwood House, London	12
2004	Watteau et la fête galante	Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes	56
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Further reading

• Book: Adhémar, Hélène. Watteau; sa vie, son oeuvre. Includes "L’univers de Watteau", an introduction by René Huyghe. P. Tisné. 1950. fr. Paris. 853537. cat. no. 120.
• Book: Bourcaud, Gustave. Dessins, gouaches, estampes et tableaux du XVIIIe siècle : guide de l'amateur. D. Morgand. 1893. Paris. 532. the Internet Archive.
• Book: Émile. Dacier. Albert. Vuaflart. Jean de Julienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIII-e siècle. III. Catalogue. 1922. Paris. fr. M. Rousseau. 10.11588/DIGLIT.41977 . 1039156495. cat. no. 23.
• Book: Watteau. fr. Ferré. Jean. Jean Ferré. Éditions Athena. 1972. 1. Madrid. cat. no. B29. 906101135.
• Book: Glorieux, Guillaume. Watteau. fr. Paris. Citadelles & Mazenod. 2011. Collection Les Phares. 162. 9782850883408. 711039378.
• Book: Goncourt, Edmond de. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau. fr. Rapilly. 1875. Paris. p. 95–96, cat. no. 97. 1041772738. Edmond de Goncourt. the Internet Archive.
• Watteau: catalogue de son oeuvre. fr. November 30, 1845. Hédouin. P..

  fr:Pierre Edmond Alexandre Hédouin

  . L'Artiste. 78–80. Gallica. . p. 79, cat. no. 63.
• Book: Hédouin, P.. Mosaïque. Peintres, musiciens, littérateurs, artistes dramatiques à partir du 15e siècle jusqu'à nos jours. fr. 1856. Paris. Heugel. p. 100, cat. no. 64. the Internet Archive. 1157159285.
• Book: Albert. Vuaflart. Jacques. Herold. Jean de Julienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIII-e siècle. I. Notices et documents biographiques. 1929. Paris. fr. M. Rousseau. 1039157338. p. 98.
• Book: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: With 197 Illustrations, 184 in Color. Thames & Hudson. 2003. 0-500-20360-1. London. 108. the Internet Archive.
• Book: Mathey, Jacques. Antoine Watteau. Peintures réapparues inconnues ou négligées par les historiens. Paris. F. de Nobele. 1959. fr. 69. 954214682.
• Book: Watteau et la fête galante: Musée des beaux-arts de Valenciennes, 5 mars-14 juin 2004. 2004. Ramade. Patrick. Eidelberg. Martin P.. amp. Paris. Réunion des musées nationaux. fr. cat. no. 56. 9782711846771. 492866933.
• Book: Réau, Louis. Les peintres français du XVIII-e siècle: Histoire des vies et catalogue des œuvres. G. Van Oest. 1928–1930. Dimier. Louis. 1. Paris. p. 40, cat. no. 118. fr. Watteau. 564527521.
• Book: Roland Michel, Marianne. Marianne Roland Michel. Watteau: Tutti I Dipinti. I Maestri. 19. it. Translated from the French by Marina Anzil Robertini. Milano. Rizzoli. cat. no. 239. 48636176. . Published in French as Book: Tout Watteau. La Peinture. Paris. Flammarion. 1982. 2-08-012226-6. 490060827.
• Book: Roland Michel, Marianne. Watteau. Paris. fr. Flammarion. 1984. 9782080120205. 417153549. 55, 266, 287.
• Book: Temperini, Renaud. 2002. Watteau. Maîtres de l'art. fr. Paris. Gallimard. cat. no. 106. 9782070116867. 300225840.
• Book: Zimmermann, E. Heinrich. Watteau: des Meisters Werke in 182 Abbildungen. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. 1912. Stuttgart, Leipzig. 23, 186. de.

  de:Ernst Heinrich Zimmermann

  . Klassiker der Kunst. 21. 561124140.

External links

• The Perfect Accord at the LACMA's official web site
• Web site: Eidelberg. Martin. Martin Eidelberg. March 2014. L'Accord parfait. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200403221609/http://watteau-abecedario.org/accp001.htm. April 3, 2020. October 17, 2020. A Watteau Abecedario.

Notes and References

1. Book: Camesasca, Ettore. The Complete Painting of Watteau. Harry N. Abrams. Introduction by John Sutherland. 1971. 0810955253. Classics of the World's Great Art. New York. 122. loan required. the Internet Archive. 143069. . Cat. no. 196..