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Le Defile (© York Art Gallery)
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© York Art Gallery

Le Defile

Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721)

Location: York Art Gallery

Date: 1700 - 1721

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 31 x 41 cm

Gift:

Review number: 1785 (1955)

Provenance:
Julienne, Prince de conti; Menageot collection; Dubois collection; private collection; Lambert collection; F.D. Lycett Green.

Description:
This painting was part of a collection of 117 works belonging to the industrialist and engineer F.D. Lycett Green and bequeathed to York through The Art Fund, in 1955, in recognition of the remarkable efforts made after the Second World War by its curator to transform it into a gallery of international importance.

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