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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1734 etching, engraving British Museum |
The sudden fame of Antoine Watteau as the genius of his age and inventor of a fresh artistic epoch was very much frustrated by his early death in 1721. This is why there were successive waves of reproductions over the next couple of decades. Complete paintings left behind by the genius were in themselves nearly impossible to engrave successfully – the volumes and values too subtle and delicate – but single figures or single faces could be isolated and rendered in such a way that they did manage (at least vaguely) to evoke the now-powerful style and associated brand-name of Watteau.
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1734 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1734 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1734 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1734 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1734 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1734 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1734 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1737 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1737 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1737 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1737 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1737 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| Pierre Filloeul after Watteau Livre de différents caractères de têtes 1737 etching, engraving British Museum |