Perfect Harmony (painting)

The Perfect Accord (L'Accord parfait), also adapted into English as Perfect Harmony, is an oil-on-panel painting by Antoine Watteau, created c. 1719,^[1] now held in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It was the pendant to the same artist's The Surprise.

L'Accord parfait
The Perfect Accord
Artist	Antoine Watteau
Year	ca. 1719
Catalogue	H 63 (64); G 97; DV 23; R 118; HA 120; EC 196; F B29; RM 239; RT 106
Medium	oil on panel
Dimensions	35.5 cm × 28 cm (14.0 in × 11 in)
Location	Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Accession	AC1999.18.1

It was initially owned by a friend of the artist, Nicolas Hénin, but it^[1] and Surprise were sold separately by his heir around 1756.

Exhibition history

List of exhibitions featuring the work

Year	Title	Location	Cat. no.
1871	Old Masters	Royal Academy of Arts, London	130
1891	Old Masters	Royal Academy of Arts, London	55
1933	Three French Reigns	Sassoon House, London	98
1954–1955	European Masters of the Eighteenth Century	Royal Academy of Arts, London	237
1968	The French Taste in English Painting	Kenwood House, London	12
2004	Watteau et la fête galante	Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes	56
General reference: Eidelberg 2014