Jean’s work is defined by its 18th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Bust of Anne-Marie-Louise Thomas de Domangeville de Sérilly, Comtesse de Pange
Jean Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)

Portrait of Anne Robert Turgot, Baron of Laulne
Jean Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)

Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering)
Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721) Assisted by Jean-Baptiste Pater (French, 1695-1736)

The Dreamer (La Rêveuse)
Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)

The Old Savoyard
Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721

Study for The Feast of Love
Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721

Pierre Dupuis, Painter to the King
Antoine Masson (French, 1636-1700) after Nicolas Mignard (French, 1606-1668)

Italian Comedians
Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721
![The Petitions [right part] from The Story of Artemisia](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/a597facd-9306-2729-d5b6-d63025ba5928/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
The Petitions [right part] from The Story of Artemisia
After a design by Antoine Caron (1521–1599) Woven at an unknown workshop at the Manufacture du Faubourg Saint-Marcel France, Paris

Gaspar Charrier, King's Secretary
Antoine Masson (French, 1636-1700) after Thomas Blanchet (French, c. 1614-1689)

Landscape with a Castle
Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721

Saint Jerome
Antoine Masson French, 1636-1700

A Bewigged Painter (Possibly Claude Audran), Seated at his Easel, Seen in Profile
Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721

Three Studies of Seated Women
Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721

Allegory of Spring, or the Young Gardeners
Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721

Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands
Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721

Portrait of the Maistre Sisters
Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835)

Three Studies of a Gentleman
Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721

Man Lighting Girl's Cigarette (Jean Patchett), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Guillaume de Brisacier
Antoine Masson (French, 1636-1700) after Nicolas Mignard (French, 1606-1668)