Watteau
Americannoun
noun
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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
As usual, Ms. Lucas makes every texture, color and shape count; the ensemble put me in mind of the lightness and delicacy of a painting by Watteau.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2018
According to a museum spokesman, the Watteau does not now face a hold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
Watteau wasn’t trying to paint scenes from actual plays.
From Washington Post
The works of the men who composed this school of pseudo-Arcadianism had none of the charm of the delightful canvases of Watteau and Fragonard, silk-coated and satin-gowned though their shepherds and shepherdesses be.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis
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