\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This canvas, originally in the Walpole collection in England, belongs to the numerous series of \i fΩtes galantes\i0 painte
d by Watteau toward the end of his career. The artist depicts the conversation between a man and a woman, seated in informal attitudes in a garden, with spontaneity and liveliness. The representation of the figures and their expressions are skillfully