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La Toilette de Vénus (1751)
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…
François Boucher
(1703–1770) The artist’s works: La Toilette de Vénus 1738 Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Le Sommeil de Vénus 1738 Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Diane sortant du bain 1742 Musée du Louvre, Paris Pompadour à sa toilette 1750 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA La Toilette de Vénus 1751 Metropolitan…
Signature du contrat de mariage et danse à la campagne (c.1711)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Signature du contrat de mariage et danse à la campagne (Marriage Contract and Country Dance) c.1711 Oil on canvas, 47 × 55 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Known as a painter of “fêtes galantes”, Watteau combines a depiction of…
La Proposition embarrassante (1715-1716)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Proposition embarrassante (Embarrasing Proposal) 1715–1716 Oil on canvas, 65 × 84.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was the first 18th-century French artist to create something totally new in his work, something previously unknown, in despite of the…
La Boudeuse (c.1718)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Boudeuse (The Capricious Girl) c.1718 Oil on canvas, 42 × 34 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg When Watteau was elected a member of the French Academy of Arts, a term was specially invented to describe the kind of…
Le Savoyard et la Marmotte (1716)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le Savoyard et la Marmotte (Savoyard with a Marmot) 1716 Oil on canvas, 40.5 × 32.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Antoine Watteau was one of the most brilliant artists of the early 18th century. His work gave rise…
La Sainte Famille (1719)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Sainte Famille, Le Repos pendant la fuite en Égypte (Holy Family, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1719 Oil on canvas, 117 × 98 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (1711-1712)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise (Actors of the Comédie-Française) 1711–1712 Oil on panel, 20 × 25 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was very fond of the play Les trois cousines (The Three Cousins) by Florent Carton, known as Dancourt,…
La Rêveuse (1712-1714)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Rêveuse (The Dreamer) 1712–1714 Oil on panel, 23.2 × 17 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The traditional title of this small painting, The Dreamer, derives from an engraving made after it, which was intended for sale to…