Watteau
Americannoun
noun
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Look at those Watteau straps in the back, dripping with rhinestones and looping, swinging, amplifying the dynamics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Carriera, who was one of the most fashionable artists of her day, created portraits of many notable figures, including Louis XV of France, English author Horace Walpole and French painter Antoine Watteau.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
Ready-to-wear designer Zac Posen revealed a textured jacquard sheath with a cape-like Watteau train in his debut collaboration with the Pronovias Group’s White One brand, Zac Posen for White One.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
On top of this incredible haul, the museum has also added a new canvas by Jean-Antoine Watteau that had long been thought destroyed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2017
Troost has been called the Dutch Watteau and the Dutch Hogarth.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
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