Perfect Harmony (painting)
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''The Perfect Accord'' (), also adapted into English as ''Perfect Harmony'', is an oil-on-panel painting by
Antoine Watteau Jean-Antoine Watteau (, , ; baptised 10 October 1684died 18 July 1721) Alsavailablevia Oxford Art Online (subscription needed). was a French Painting, painter and Drawing, draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour ...
, created ''c.'' 1719, now held in the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum). LACMA was founded in 1961 ...
. It was the pendant to the same artist's '' The Surprise''. It was initially owned by a friend of the artist,
Nicolas Hénin Nicolas Hénin (born 7 November 1975 at Le Mans) is a French journalist who publishes in written media, radio and television. As a specialist of the Middle East, he has covered the Iraq War and the Syrian Civil War. He was captured by ISIS in Sy ...
, but it and ''Surprise'' were sold separately by his heir around 1756.


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''The Perfect Accord''
at the LACMA's official web site * Paintings by Antoine Watteau 1710s paintings Musical instruments in art Paintings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art {{1710s-painting-stub