The mysterious painting features a shadowy figure that looks suspiciously like the artist. Jean-Antoine Watteau ... Doctor or grifter, Watteau’s self-portrait remains in character, reinforcing ...

And among the best at capturing lavish outdoor frolicking, especially of aristocrats, was the French Rococo artist Jean-Antoine ... the painting failed to earn Watteau the most esteemed title ...

Revisiting Watteau’s beloved clown, alone in merry company at the National Gallery of Art Widely regarded as the greatest of 18th-century French painters, Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721 ...