Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900 · New York, S. Hess · leaf 46
in time to Watteau, and he precedesBoucher, Greuze and Fragonard, but we have preferi-ed to group these four together, since,although each has his own strongly marked character, yet they are nevertheless affiliatedby their subjects and by their .mode of treatment, while Chardin is distinctly… … NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS. FROM THE PAINTING BY LOUIS DAVID. xxxiv ART AND ARTISTS OF OUR TIME. of humble parentage like Boucher, Fragonard, and Greuze; but, unlike them, he didnot aspire to a place in the world of the great. His father, Jean Chardin, was a mastercabinet-maker, who was…
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