Rococo - Rococo Era Painting

Rococo Era Painting

  • Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Still Life with Glass Flask and Fruit, c. 1750

  • Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs Andrews, 1750

  • Jean-Baptiste Greuze, The Spoiled Child, c. 1765

  • Joshua Reynolds, Robert Clive and his family with an Indian maid, 1765

  • Angelica Kauffman, Portrait of David Garrick, c. 1765

  • Louis-Michel van Loo, Portrait of Denis Diderot, 1767

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