Four Figures in Theatrical Costume

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Four Figures in Theatrical Costume

Creator

Claude Gillot

French Artist · 1673–1722

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Claude Gillot was instrumental in putting the wit back into French art. With novel subject matter and a spontaneous decorative style, Gillot foreshadowed the Rococo and helped to free French painting from the academic conventions imposed by Charles LeBrun. Moreover, Gillot pursued his career in the margins, beyond court taste and royal patronage, maintaining individualism and reviving the sly spir

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Date
about 1710
Medium
Pen and gray ink and brush with red wash, on cream-colored paper
Culture
French
Department
Drawings
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