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Antoine Watteau
(10th Oct, 1684 - 18th Jul, 1721)
Huit études de têtes de femme, et une tête d'homme
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Le Mage
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
hairstyle
face (human body)
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Color #beae8a
Color #7f684e
Color #b9a281
Color #d8dcd6
Color #86775f
Color #b1916e
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About the artwork
Title:
Huit études de têtes de femme, et une tête d'homme
Periods:
modern age
18th century
17th century
XVIIth century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
black chalk
white highlights
sanguine
grey paper
Dimensions:
250 x 381
Inventory number:
INV33384-recto
Detail:
L'étude en bas à gauche a été utilisée pour la femme debout dans "L'Amour au théâtre italien"
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Antoine Watteau
Also known as:
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Jean Antoine Watteau
Jean-Antoine Wataux
Antuan Vatto
Jean-Antoine Vatteau
Jean Antoine Wateau
Jean-Antoine Vateau
Jean-Antoine Wattaux
Jean-Antoine Wattau
Jean-Antoine Watteax
Jean-Antoine Watteaux
Born:
10th Oct, 1684
Dead:
18th Jul, 1721
Country:
royaume de France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Jean-Antoine Watteau
(French:
[ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato]
; baptised October 10, 1684 – died July 18, 1721), better known as
Antoine Watteau
, was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the waning Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical, Rococo. Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of
fêtes galantes
, scenes of bucolic and idyllic…
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