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| Anonymous printmaker after Jean-Antoine Watteau Fan-leaf 1727 etching British Museum |
The death of Jean-Antoine Watteau in 1721 interrupted and ended a brief career that inaugurated a new fashion-epoch. His impact can partly be measured by the crowds of other artists who hurried in to supply (and sell) their own versions of Watteau.
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| François Boucher after Jean-Antoine Watteau Standing woman ca. 1725-28 etching British Museum |
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| Laurent Cars after Jean-Antoine Watteau Young woman ca. 1721-26 etching British Museum |
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| François Boucher after Jean-Antoine Watteau Half-length figure of a young man ca. 1725-28 etching British Museum |
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| Bernard François Lepicie after Jean-Antoine Watteau Standing woman ca. 1730-50 etching Rijksmuseum |
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| Benoît Audran after Jean-Antoine Watteau Standing woman 18th century etching Rijksmuseum |
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| Gérard Scotin after Jean-Antoine Watteau L'Indifferent 1729 etching British Museum |
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| Jean-Michel Liotard after Jean-Antoine Watteau Actors of the Comédie-Franc̜aise 1731 etching British Museum |
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| Philippe Mercier after Jean-Antoine Watteau Musicians in a garden ca. 1725 etching British Museum |
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| Philippe Mercier after Jean-Antoine Watteau Commedia dell' arte characters in a landscape ca. 1725 etching British Museum |
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| Philippe Mercier after Jean-Antoine Watteau Dancer among trees ca. 1725 etching British Museum |
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| Bernard Baron after Jean-Antoine Watteau Two Cousins ca. 1729-31 etching British Museum |
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| William Blake after Jean-Antoine Watteau Morning Amusements 1782 etching, engraving British Museum |
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| William Blake after Jean-Antoine Watteau Evening Amusements 1782 etching, engraving British Museum |
The great William Blake (1757-1827) made his living not from the sale of his own work, but from job-engraving for publishers who supplied him with orders and fairly specific instructions. Above, Blake was commissioned in the 1780s to execute oval outdoor pleasure-scenes in the spirit of Watteau, an artist fast receding into a vague and venerable past.