Manner of Antoine Watteau (France/Netherlands, 1684-1721) oil on canvas landscape with four central figures: the Commedia dell'arte clown Pierrot, seated on the ground with his guitar, while two well dressed young women and another man, sit above him on a bench; the back of a tall sculpture of nude woman towers over the group, while two men, partly concealed by foliage, watch on from the darkened background. Roses and a discarded piece of clothing are visible lower left foreground. Unsigned and unframed. Two illegible stamps en verso of canvas and a red wax seal on top stretcher. 22" H x 18"W. Provenance: private Nashville, TN collection, by descent from the estates of Edith and Richard Mickenhagen, Munich, Germany and San Paolo, Brazil.

Canvas appears to be 18th century or earlier and has been relined, with opaque varnish; only minimal background inpainting is visible under UV light. Impact craquelure lower right quadrant; other scattered minor cracquelure throughout. Scattered small areas of background flaking, most noticeable upper center, near sculpture's back. New staples affixing canvas to old, possibly original stretcher.