Le Baiser Rendu (The Kiss Returned)
Follower of Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater, Le Baiser Rendu (The Kiss Returned), 1733, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase: Edwin Binney, 3rd, two Anonymous Donors, the Rossman Fund, the Helen Thurston Ayer Fund, and the Edwin Binney, 3rd, Fund, public domain, 78.20
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- Title
Le Baiser Rendu (The Kiss Returned)
- Related Titles
f: Le Baiser Rendu
- Date
1733
- Medium
oil on canvas
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
11 11/16 in x 14 11/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature/maker's mark: not visible
- Collection Area
European Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Edwin Binney, 3rd, two Anonymous Donors, the Rossman Fund, the Helen Thurston Ayer Fund, and the Edwin Binney, 3rd, Fund
- Accession Number
78.20
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Pater was a master of the fête galante, a theme consisting of scenes of elegant courting couples or actors, sometimes accompanied by musicians, in park settings. The subject was invented by Pater's teacher, Antoine Watteau (1648-1721), and became emblematic of the Rococo style.
Pater's interpretations of the Rococo are light and airy, distinguished by the delicacy of his brushwork. Le Baiser Rendu illustrates a scene from the French literary classic, the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine. It is one of a pair of courtship subjects; the other is titled Le Baiser Donné (The Kiss Bestowed), in the collection of Baron Maurice de Rothschild, Paris.
