(1721–1764) Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Marquise de Pompadour Duchesse de Menars Madame de Pompadour in Art: Boucher, François (1703-1770) Pompadour à sa toilette 1750 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour 1756 Alte Pinakothek, Munich Boucher, François (1703-1770)…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Paesaggio con rovine (Landscape with Ruins) c.1721–1722 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 73 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering) 1718–1721 Oil on panel, 48.6 × 64.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721) Assisted by Jean-Baptiste Pater (French, 1695-1736) Jean Antoine Watteau developed the genre of painting known as fête…
(1684–1721) Jean-Antoine Watteau The artist’s works: Le voleur du nid de moineaux c.1710 Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise 1711–1712 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Signature du contrat de mariage et danse à la campagne c.1711 Museo del Prado, Madrid La Rêveuse…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva (Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva) 1719–1721 Oil on canvas, 279.4 x 487.6 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius (236-183 BC)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Madonna col Bambino (Virgin and Child) c.1720–1725 Oil on canvas, 64.3 x 48.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Births: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) • Pompadour, Madame de (1721-1764) Deaths: • Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Paesaggio con rovine (c.1721-22) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Madonna col Bambino (c.1720-25) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva (1719-21) •…
(1721–1780) Bernardo Bellotto (Bellotti) The artist’s works: Il Canal Grande verso nord-est verso il Ponte di Rialto c.1738 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne La Piazza della Signoria a Firenze 1740 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest L’Arno a Firenze 1740 Museum of Fine…