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Jean Antoine Watteau - GillesGillesJean Antoine Watteau

About the Artist

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was a French Rococo artist, known for his paintings of elegant scenes and gallant characters. He is considered one of the founders of the Rococo style, which emphasized lightness, grace, and delicate colors.

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Musée du Louvre (Paris, France)
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Jean Antoine Watteau - The Robber of the Sparrow\The Robber of the Sparrow\Jean Antoine Watteau

Watteau shows a young couple in an idyllic woodland setting. The girl rests her arm on the young man’s knee while he examines a sparrow’s nest that he has just taken from a tree to show her. The romantic setting is emphasised by the roses on the rock beside them. The painting was engraved in 1727 by...

Scottish National Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard - Blind-Mans BuffBlind-Mans BuffJean-Honoré Fragonard

In the 18th century the game of blind man’s buff (or bluff) became the symbolic arena for courtship, chance, and the amorous amusements of lovers (directly relating to the concept “love is blind”). Playfully erotic and sensuously painted, Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s scene appropriately takes place withi...

Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, United States)
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Miguel Pou Becerra - Horse-Drawn Carriages of PonceHorse-Drawn Carriages of PonceMiguel Pou Becerra

Born in the southern town of Ponce, Puerto Rican painter Miguel Pou y Becerra depicted scenes of everyday life, with special emphasis on color and light. In this work, Pou shows the horse-drawn carriages that could be found his hometown/

Museo de Arte de Ponce (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
 

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