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Antoine Watteau
(10th Oct, 1684 - 18th Jul, 1721)
Le rémouleur
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Michèle Bellot
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
three-quarter right view
manual activity
coat
standing (pose)
travail (activité)
tricorn
portrait of a man
grinder (profession)
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About the artwork
Title:
Le rémouleur
Periods:
18th century
modern age
17th century
XVIIth century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
black chalk
sanguine
Dimensions:
288 x 211
Inventory number:
INV33380-recto
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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