Room 108

French Rococo

1684–1806, France (Paris), Rococo

In eighteenth-century France painting became light and cheerful. Antoine Watteau invented the “fêtes galantes”, gatherings of couples in park landscapes; François Boucher painted goddesses and pastoral scenes for Madame de Pompadour; Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted children at play, love letters and gardens with shimmering brushwork.

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