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Watteau

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Wat·teau  (w-t, vä-), Jean Antoine 1684-1721.
French painter noted for his exuberant scenes of gallantry, such as The Embarkation for Cythera (1717).
Watteau [ˈwɒtəʊ (French) vato]
n
(Biographies / Watteau, Jean-Antoine (1684-1721) M, French, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Jean-Antoine (ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan). 1684-1721, French painter, esp of fêtes champêtres
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Noun1.WatteauWatteau - French painter (1684-1721)          
Jean Antoine Watteau


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The ladies of Watteau, gay and insouciant, seemed to wander with their cavaliers among the great trees, whispering to one another careless, charming things, and yet somehow oppressed by a nameless fear.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Reclining shepherds and shepherdesses in Watteau costume, with their dogs and their sheep, formed the adornments of the pedestal.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
He was trapped as if by magic into a garden of troubadours, a Watteau fairyland; and, willing to shake off such amorous imbecilities by speech, he stepped briskly after his enemy.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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