Jean-Antoine Watteau

Portrait of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1721) by Rosalba Carriera, in the Museo Civico Luigi Bailo, Treviso
A French rococo baroque painter of grandly theatrical works
Watteau (1684-1721) indulged in that wild, untamed complexity of the rococo baroque with colorful, theatrical works.
He began the short-lived fête galante style of china-doll figures against stylized landscapes of woodlands or ballrooms.