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Antoine Watteau

1684–1721 · 18th century · France · Rococo

The Embarkation for Cythera — Antoine Watteau
The Embarkation for Cythera

How to recognize Antoine Watteau

Watteau invents the fête galante — elegant figures in silk drifting through dreamy parkland, touched with music, flirtation and faint melancholy. Feathery, shimmering brushwork.

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