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"description": "Jean-Baptiste Pater was the sole student of the early 18th-century artist Antoine Watteau (1684\u20131721). Upon Watteau's death, Pater finished some of his teacher's compositions and copied them for reproduction. Due to this association, Pater was in the position to capitalize on the popularity of the f\u00eate galante genre invented by Watteau. This genre was based on the f\u00eates held by the aristocracy to escape the tedium of life at the French court, and depict the same amusements: conversation, music, dance, and the pursuit of love. Dancers in a Pavilion is a pastiche of several works by Watteau. The couple in this painting is most likely performing the minuet, which was considered the most flirtatious of dances.",
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"citation": "Ad. Braun & Cie. Ausstellung von Gema\u0308lden a\u0308lterer Meister im Berliner Privat-Besitz ... in der Ko\u0308nigl. Akademie der Ku\u0308nste in Berlin ... 1883. [Dornach i. Els.]: [A. Braun & Cie], 1883.",
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"citation": "Seidel, Paul, Wilhelm Bode, and Max J. Friedla\u0308nder. Gema\u0308lde alter meister: im besitze Seiner Majesta\u0308t des deutschen Kaisers und ko\u0308nigs von Preussen. Berlin: R. Bong, 1906.",
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"citation": "Foerster, C. F. Das Neue Palais bei Potsdam. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1923.",
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"citation": "Ingersoll-Smouse, Florence. Pater. Paris: Les Beaux-arts, e\u0301dition d'e\u0301tudes et de documents, 1928.",
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"citation": "Francis, Henry S. \u201c\u2018La Danse Dans Un Pavillon\u2019 by Jean Antoine Watteau: Gift of Commodore Louis D. Beaumont.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 2 (1939).",
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"citation": "New York World's Fair, Walter Pach, and Christopher Lazare. Catalogue of European & American Paintings, 1500-1900; Introduction and Descriptions by Walter Pach, Biographies and Notes Compiled by Christopher Lazare, with the Assistance of Anne A. Wallis, Marion Haviland and Simonetta De Vries. Masterpieces of Art, New York World's Fair, May to October, 1940. [New York]: Art Aid Corporation, 1940.",
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"citation": "Duveen Brothers. Duveen Pictures in Public Collections of America: A Catalogue Raisonne\u0301 with Three Hundred Illustrations of Paintings by the Great Masters, Which Have Passed Through the House of Duveen. New York: William Bradford Press, 1941.",
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