Season Six is here! To kick things off, I am diving into the romantic and frilly Rococo period with The Pilgrimage of Cythera by Jean Antoine Watteau. You can listen here or download onto your favorite podcast platform. If you like the episode, please give a rate and review!
The Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717
Jean-Antoine Watteau
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Charles Le Brun
(Leader of the French Royal Academy)
Nicolas de Largillière, 1683-86
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Louis XIV
Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701
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Louis XV
Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1748
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Palace of Versailles
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Jean-Antoine Watteau
Rosalba Carriera, 1721
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Marie de Medici Cycle by Peter Paul Rubens
(Now in the Louvre)
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Mezzetino, 1717-20
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Pierrot, 1718-19
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The Robber of the Sparrow’s Nest, 1712
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