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Rococo

Opulent, playful embrace of the ornate — 18th century swag.

Rosalba Carriera

Pastel portraits keep you looking young and fresh

William Hogarth

A printmaker analyzes taste — and beauty comes out on top

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Spirit and fire, a quick and resolute style

François-Thomas Germain

A disgraced silversmith, last of a dynasty

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Clearing the way for women

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

We're all young and hot — let's make out

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Anthony van Dyck, 1530

The Fall of Phaeton

Peter Paul Rubens, 1604-1605

Saint George and the Dragon

Peter Paul Rubens, 1605-1607

The Four Continents

Peter Paul Rubens, 1612-1615

Sketch for The Lion Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens, 1614-1615

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Peter Paul Rubens, 1614-1616

The Tiger Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens, 1615-1616

The Wolf and Fox Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens, 1616

The Death of Decius Mus

Peter Paul Rubens, 1616-1617

The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus

Peter Paul Rubens, 1618

The Triumph of Henry IV

Peter Paul Rubens, 1627-1631

The Garden of Love

Peter Paul Rubens, 1633

King Ferdinand Meeting Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand

Peter Paul Rubens, 1635

The Feast of Venus

Peter Paul Rubens, 1636-1637

Allegories of Four Continents, Africa

Rosalba Carriera, 1712

Self-Portrait as "Winter"

Rosalba Carriera, 1730-1731

The Empire of Flora

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1743

Rinaldo Enchanted by Armida

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1742-1745

Allegory of the Planets and Continents

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1752

Inkpot and Desk Clock

François-Thomas Germain, 1752

Blind Man's Buff

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1750-1752

Analysis of Beauty: Plate 1

William Hogarth, 1753

The Death of Hyacinth

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1752-1753

Analysis of Beauty: Plate 2

William Hogarth, 1753

The Goddess Aurora Triumphing Over Night

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1755-1756

Coffeepot

François-Thomas Germain, 1757

Dish

François-Thomas Germain, 1757-1758

Sketch for the Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1758-1759

Candlesticks

François-Thomas Germain, 1757-1759

Landscape with Shepherds and Flock of Sheep

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763-1765

Chocolate Pot

François-Thomas Germain, 1765-1766

The Swing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1767

The Progress of Love: Love Letters

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1771-1772

The Progress of Love: Reverie

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1771-1772

The Progress of Love - The Lover Crowned

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1771-1772

The Progress of Love: The Meeting

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1771-1772

The Goddess Minvera

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1772

Young Woman Reading

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1775

Madame Elisabeth de France

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1782

Self-portrait in a Straw Hat

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1782

Marie-Antoinette with the Rose

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1783

Portrait of Comtesse de Cérès

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1784

Portrait of Charles-Alexandre de Calonne

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1784

The Stolen Kiss

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1785

Self-Portrait with Two Pupils

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1785

Portrait of Madame Molé-Reymond

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1786

Portrait of Madame Adelaide

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1787

Portrait of Princess Belozersky

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1798

Portrait of Caroline Murat with her daughter, Letizia

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1807

Next Movement

Neoclassicism

Classical imagery, democratic ideals, and the bloody hands of change.

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