Smith, Gerard William · New York, Scribner · leaf 182
h had redeemed his work. While La Fosse and Jouvenet represent a phase of transitionin subjects of a more ambitious scope, there were some artistswhose works preluded the slighter but more important school ofpainting to which Watteau was to give his name. These weshall find among some painters of… … < 154 PAINTING IN FRANCE. century; but lie belongs rather to Louis XIY. than Louis XV.,and his name naturally associates itself with Madame de Main-tenon and the ladies of the Court, whom he often painted aspagan goddesses. His portraits were excellent for attitude,expression, and mellowness of…
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