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 Jan van Huysum learns from his father the secrets of flower painting |
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c. 1699 |
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| Van Huysum Hollyhocks and Other Flowers (detail) c.1715
National Gallery, London
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| Watteau introduces fête galante |
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1717 |
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| Watteau The Scale of Love (detail) c.1718
National Gallery, London
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| Lancret follows Watteau as a painter of fêtes galantes |
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1719 |
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| Canaletto begins his career as a painter of views in Venice |
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c. 1720 |
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| Canaletto The Doge's Palace (detail) c.1738
National Gallery, London
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| Panini paints, often capriciously, the architectural features of Rome |
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c. 1720 |
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| Panini Roman Ruins with Figures (detail) c.1730
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 Grand Tourists in Italy |
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c. 1720 |
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| Tiepolo wins fame with his frescoes |
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c. 1720 |
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| Canaletto concentrates on canals |
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c. 1720 |
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| Canaletto Venice: A Regatta on the Grand Canal (detail) 1735
National Gallery, London
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| Lancret increasingly devotes himself to genre and theatre scenes |
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c. 1725 |
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| Lancret Childhood (detail) c.1734
National Gallery, London
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| Chardin has a successful exhibition of still lifes |
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1728 |
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| Hogarth completes his first narrative series |
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1731 |
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| Hogarth The Marriage Settlement (detail) c.1742
National Gallery, London
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| Chardin devotes himself mainly to genre scenes |
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c. 1733 |
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| Chardin The Water Urn (detail) c.1733
National Gallery, London
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| Hogarth also has a flourishing career in conversation pieces and sturdy portraits |
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c. 1733 |
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| Hogarth The Graham Children (detail) 1742
National Gallery, London
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| Vernet goes to Rome, where he establishes a reputation as a painter of sea and river views |
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1734 |
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| Vernet A Sporting Contest on the Tiber at Rome (detail) 1750
National Gallery, London
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| Known first for his frescoes, Tiepolo paints also on canvas |
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c. 1735 |
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| Tiepolo, G.B. An Allegory with Venus and Time (detail) c.1748
National Gallery, London
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| Boucher is fashionable in Paris |
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c. 1735 |
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| Boucher Pan and Syrinx (detail) 1759
National Gallery, London
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| Canaletto moves to England |
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| Canaletto Eton College (detail) c.1754
National Gallery, London
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| Gainsborough paints in home region of Suffolk |
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c. 1747 |
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| Gainsborough The Artist with his Wife and Daughter (detail) 1748
National Gallery, London
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| Longhi delights the tourists with everyday scenes of Venice |
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c. 1750 |
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| Longhi A Fortune Teller (detail) c.1756
National Gallery, London
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