PATER, Jean Baptiste Joseph
(b. 1695, Valenciennes, d. 1736, Paris)

The Poet Roquebrun Breaks His Garter

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Oil on canvas, 28 x 38 cm
Schloss Sanssouci, Berlin

Pater made fourteen Hogarthian illustrations (all in Berlin) of a burlesque tale, Ragotin, by Paul Scarron (1610-1660). This Picaresque cycle is full of fun, telling of the amorous adventures and misadventures of its handsome hero.

This painting, The Poet Roquebrun Breaks His Garter, belongs to this cycle.