Watteau
Jean An·toine [zhahnahn-twan], /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈtwan/, 1684–1721, French painter.
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How to use Watteau in a sentence
See her companion in shot silk and a dove-colored parasol; in what a graceful Watteau-like attitude she reclines.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayBut how delicious they are, these French gossips, so long as one is mindful not to think of Watteau!
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherWatteau acquired something from everyone he studied, and yet resembles none.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherWatteau knew nature and loved her, and rendered her in her transparent beauty with the intoxicated eyes of a lover.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherWatteau became for French art what, a hundred years before, Rubens had been for Flemish—the deliverer.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard Muther
British Dictionary definitions for Watteau
/ (ˈwɒtəʊ, French vato) /
Jean-Antoine (ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan). 1684–1721, French painter, esp of fêtes champêtres
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