Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 – 1721)

• Was a French painter and draughtsman.
• Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air. 
• Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet.
• Watteau lived with the collector Pierre Crozat, who eventually on his death in 1740 left around 400 paintings and 19,000 drawings by the masters.
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