Jean Antoine Watteau « Le pèlerinage à l’île de Cythère, Les secrets de la fête galante »

The Pilgrimage to Cythera's island is one of the glories of the Louvre Museum. Praised by Baudelaire, Nerval and Proust, copied by countless painters, continually analysed, it is both legend and utopia. What are those dancing couples doing ? Are they leaving for or coming back from the island of love ?

• Alain JaubertDirector