The Surprise — Jean-Antoine Watteau | DiscoverArt

Jean-Antoine Watteau

The Surprise

1718

36.4 × 28.2 cm (14.3 × 11.1 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles — check current display status with the museum.

View at getty.edu ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More like this

Declaration of Love

Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743) — Declaration of Love

The Country Dance

Antoine Watteau — The Country Dance

La Camargo Dancing

Nicolas Lancret — La Camargo Dancing

Dancers in a Pavilion

Jean-Baptiste Pater (French, 1695–1736) — Dancers in a Pavil

Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering)

Jean Antoine Watteau — Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering)

Surprised, or Infidelity Found Out

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich — Surprised, or Infidelity

Concert Champêtre

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater — Concert Champêtre

Lovers in a Park

François Boucher — Lovers in a Park

A Musical Party

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout — A Musical Party

Fête galante in a Landscape

Jean Baptiste François Pater — Fête galante in a Landscape

Francis Wheatley — Spring

The Fortune Teller

Jean-Baptiste Pater — The Fortune Teller

More by Jean-Antoine Watteau

L'Accord parfait

L'Accord parfait

Ceres (Summer)

Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering)

Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering)

The Italian Comedians

The Italian Comedians

The Country Dance

The Country Dance

The Italian Comedians

The Italian Comedians

The Dreamer (La Rêveuse)

The Dreamer (La Rêveuse)