
Red and White Plum Blossoms
1715 · MOA Museum of Art, Atami
A stylized river runs down the gold between two plum trees, one young and white, the other old and red, leaning toward each other.
★ 8.8

A stylized river runs down the gold between two plum trees, one young and white, the other old and red, leaning toward each other.

Couples linger on the shore of Venus's island at dusk, unwilling to board. Watteau gave it to the Academy, which invented a genre to fit it.

A clown in white satin stands alone at full length with his arms hanging useless, given the scale of a grand portrait.