# LE THEATRE

- By: Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
- Date: 1723-1735
- Medium: Etching on laid paper
- Classification: Bound print
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/27271)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/fb0c3fac88785ba153a4b5a873b85c4e.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Page of arabesque ornamentation framing a central vignette of well-dressed figures playing music and lounging in a stepped landscape with fountains. At the center of the steps is a mascaron spewing water into a basin with cat tails and swans. The scene is framed by branches, garlands, a rose wreath, and scrolls, on top of which sit monkeys playing music (singeries). The plate is signed.