Rococo Era Painting
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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Still Life with Glass Flask and Fruit, c. 1750
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Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs Andrews, 1750
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze, The Spoiled Child, c. 1765
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Joshua Reynolds, Robert Clive and his family with an Indian maid, 1765
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Angelica Kauffman, Portrait of David Garrick, c. 1765
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Louis-Michel van Loo, Portrait of Denis Diderot, 1767
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