This painting, titled La Finette, was done by French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau around 1717.

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This painting, titled La Finette, was done by French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau around 1717. It is housed in the Louvre in Paris. It shows a young female musician playing a theorbo and is an allegory of music. The young woman is painted as an impersonal, fantasy figure. It is an example of Watteau's graceful approach to subjects that lend themselves to refined effects of technique and texture.

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Size: 3476px × 5190px
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License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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