French Rococo Era Painter, 1684-1721 He is best known for his invention of a new genre, the f?te galante, a small easel painting in which elegant people are depicted in conversation or music-making in a secluded parkland setting (see under F?TE CHAMP?TRE). His particular originality lies in the generally restrained nature of the amorous exchanges of his characters, which are conveyed as much by glance as by gesture, and in his mingling of figures in contemporary dress with others in theatrical costume  Related Paintings of Jean antoine Watteau :. | Das Ballvergnegen | Les Champs Elysees | Das Liebeslied | Gersaint s Shop Sign | Figures from the Italian Commedia dell arte |
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Meliore di Jacopo
Italian, active ca.1260-1271
Agnolo Gaddi
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Osman Hamdy Bey
Turkey, born 1842 - died 1910