Monument à Watteau, Commemorative sculpture in Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France.

Monument à Watteau is a stone group in the Luxembourg Gardens, carved by Henri Désiré Gauquié. A seated young woman in a long draped dress and a small cap leans back on the left, her right hand extended toward a tall central pedestal. On the pedestal sits a bust of Watteau in a wide-collared coat and scarf, above a carved wreath and ribbons; the whole rests on two low, rounded steps.

The monument was inaugurated in 1896 to honor Antoine Watteau, the French painter who significantly shaped Rococo art in the early 1700s. Its creation decades after the artist's death reflects the enduring recognition of his artistic legacy.

The seated woman leans toward the bust with her right hand extended, as if laying roses at its foot, a gesture the sources describe. The monument was funded by public subscription launched by the Senate's questure, and it was inaugurated on 8 November 1896, four months after the decision was taken in June 1896.

The monument stands in the Luxembourg Gardens, in the 6th arrondissement, on two low rounded stone steps that a visitor can walk up to. The seated figure and the bust face each other at close range, so the carving of the wreath and ribbons below the bust is best seen from a few steps back. The gardens are open daily and the sculpture can be reached on foot along the garden paths.

The monument was funded by a public subscription launched by the Senate's questure in June 1896, and it was inaugurated on 8 November 1896, the same year. The seated woman leans on the low wall and lays roses at the foot of Watteau's bust, a gesture the sculptor Henri Désiré Gauquié gave the group.