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Antoine Watteau
(10th Oct, 1684 - 18th Jul, 1721)
Homme nu, étendu, et femme nue, debout
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Michèle Bellot
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
nude (female)
laying down
nude (male)
standing (pose)
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Color #b1916e
Color #ba9e88
Color #875f42
Color #fff4f2
Color #9c6d57
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About the artwork
Title:
Homme nu, étendu, et femme nue, debout
Periods:
17th century
18th century
modern age
XVIIth century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
sanguine
white highlights
black chalk
beige paper
Dimensions:
263 x 305
Inventory number:
INV33375-recto
Detail:
Les deux études sont superposées, et 'tête-bêche'
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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