The Poet Roquebrun Breaks His Garter
by PATER, Jean Baptiste Joseph, Oil on canvas, 28 x 38 cm
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.