In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Jean-Baptiste Pater was the sole student of the early 18th-century artist Antoine Watteau (1684–1721). Upon Watteau's death, Pater finished some of his teacher's compositions and copied them for reproduction. Due to this association, Pater was in the position to capitalize on the popularity of the fête galante genre invented by Watteau. This genre was based on the fêtes held by the aristocracy to escape the tedium of life at the French court, and depict the same amusements: conversation, music, dance, and the pursuit of love. Dancers in a Pavilion is a pastiche of several works by Watteau. The couple in this painting is most likely performing the minuet, which was considered the most flirtatious of dances.
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Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743) — Declaration of Love
Jean Baptiste François Pater — Fête galante in a Landscape
Carle (Charles André) Vanloo — Halt of the Hunt
Nicolas Lancret — La Camargo Dancing
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater — The Fair at Bezons
Jean Honoré Fragonard — A Game of Hot Cockles
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater — Concert Champêtre
Jean Honoré Fragonard — Blindman's Buff
François Boucher — Shepherd's Idyll
Antoine Watteau — The Country Dance
Charles-Nicolas Cochin (French, 1715–1790) — The Game of Bli
François Boucher — Lovers in a Park
