Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Retour du troupeau (Return of the Drove) c.1768–1770 Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 80 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Le Retour du troupeau (c.1768-1770)
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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
A Grand Landscape (early 1760s)
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) A Grand Landscape early 1760s Oil on canvas, 146.1 x 157.5 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
La Vallée d’Ornans (1858)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Vallée d’Ornans (The Valley of Ornans) 1858 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 85.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Ornans (France)
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…
Fête champêtre (1718-1721)
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…
Le voleur du nid de moineaux (c.1710)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le voleur du nid de moineaux (The Robber of the Sparrow’s Nest) c.1710 Oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on panel, 22.60 x 18.50 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Watteau shows a young couple in an idyllic woodland…
Fêtes Vénitiennes (1718-1719)
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Fêtes Vénitiennes (Venetian Festivals) 1718–1719 Oil on canvas, 56.3 × 46.2 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This is a very fine example of the ‘fêtes galantes’ perfected by Watteau. He included himself as the seated musician playing a musette.…