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Jean-Antoine Watteau L'Indifferent(The Casual Lover) (mk05) oil painting


L'Indifferent(The Casual Lover) (mk05)
Painting ID::  20668
Jean-Antoine Watteau
L'Indifferent(The Casual Lover) (mk05)
Wood,10 1/4 x 7 1/2''(26 x 19 cm)Bequest of Dr Louis La Caze 1869

   
   
     

Jean-Antoine Watteau Assembly in a Park (mk05) oil painting


Assembly in a Park (mk05)
Painting ID::  20669
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Assembly in a Park (mk05)
Wood 13 x 18 1/2''(33 x 47 cm)Bequest of Dr Louis La Caze 1869

   
   
     

Jean-Antoine Watteau La Finette(The Delicate Musician) (mk05) oil painting


La Finette(The Delicate Musician) (mk05)
Painting ID::  20670
Jean-Antoine Watteau
La Finette(The Delicate Musician) (mk05)
Wood 10 1/4 x 7 1/2''(26 x 19 cm)Bequest of Dr.Louis La Caze 1869

   
   
     

Jean-Antoine Watteau The Judgment of Paris (mk05) oil painting


The Judgment of Paris (mk05)
Painting ID::  20671
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Judgment of Paris (mk05)
Wood 18 1/2 x 12 1/4''(47 x 31 cm)Bequest of Dr.Louis La caze 1869 M I

   
   
     

Jean-Antoine Watteau Le Faux Pas(The Mistaken Advance) (mk05) oil painting


Le Faux Pas(The Mistaken Advance) (mk05)
Painting ID::  20672
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Le Faux Pas(The Mistaken Advance) (mk05)
Canvas 15 1/2 x 12 1/4''(40 x 31 cm)Bequest of Dr Louis La Caze 1869 M I

   
   
     

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     Jean-Antoine Watteau
     1684-1721 Antoine Watteau Art Locations He is best known for his invention of a new genre, the fete galante, a small easel painting in which elegant people are depicted in conversation or music-making in a secluded parkland setting (see under FETE CHAMPETRE). His particular originality lies in the generally restrained nature of the amorous exchanges of his characters, which are conveyed as much by glance as by gesture, and in his mingling of figures in contemporary dress with others in theatrical costume, thus blurring references to both time and place. Watteau work was widely collected during his lifetime and influenced a number of other painters in the decades following his death, especially in France and England. His drawings were particularly admired. Documented facts about Watteau life are notoriously few, though several friends wrote about him after his death (see Champion). Of over two hundred paintings generally accepted as his work

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