Watteau

PLATE I.—A PASTORAL. Frontispiece (In the Louvre, Paris)
The attribution to Watteau of this pretty pastoral has been questioned. It is thus described in the Louvre catalogue, At the foot of a knoll, a shepherdess, with a yellow dress and a red bodice, sits turning to the left, to listen to a shepherd, seen from the back, wearing pink breeches and a violet vest, who plays on the flute; on the right a sheep and a dog. Landscape in the background.