. Art in France. ;.^(). \ TlIK ACTOKS OfTin: TIIKATKK. (The Louvrp, Paris.) H(.. i.;0. fATKHCON\ IN A (The Louvre, Paris.) 252 THE END OF LOUIS XIVS REIGN. FIG. 531.— WATTEAU. THE DANCE. (Collection of the German Emperor.)(Pbolo. Berlin Photographic Society.) Watteau (1684-1721)came from Flanders toParis, and gave the mostsubtle expression to theParisian spirit. Had heremained in his nativecountry, he would nodoubt have continued thev/ork. of Teniers. Had hecome tvv^enty years earlier,he would, hke Van derMeulen, have been en-rolled among Le Brunstroop, and
. Art in France. ;.^(). \ TlIK ACTOKS OfTin: TIIKATKK. (The Louvrp, Paris.) H(.. i.;0. fATKHCON\ IN A (The Louvre, Paris.) 252 THE END OF LOUIS XIVS REIGN. FIG. 531.— WATTEAU. THE DANCE. (Collection of the German Emperor.)(Pbolo. Berlin Photographic Society.) Watteau (1684-1721)came from Flanders toParis, and gave the mostsubtle expression to theParisian spirit. Had heremained in his nativecountry, he would nodoubt have continued thev/ork. of Teniers. Had hecome tvv^enty years earlier,he would, hke Van derMeulen, have been en-rolled among Le Brunstroop, and have paintedLouis XIVs battles,hunting-parties, and in 1 702, there was no longer an administrative organisation tofetter his independence. Gillot gave him lessons in the art of draw-ing brilliandy. The only law he recognised was that which badehim satisfy his own taste, and that of his friends. Amateurs hadlearned to appreciate delicacy of technique, by studying TeniersHttle pictures. There was a public ready to recognize and admire Watteausexquisite dexterity. Even in Paris, the painter was able to continuehis education in craftsmanship before the Rubenses in the Luxem-b
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