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Which Italian and Flemish artists did Antoine Watteau study in Pierre Crozatâs collection?
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Antoine Watteau
Mezzetin, oil on canvas by Antoine Watteau, 1718â20; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 55.2 Ă 43.2 cm.
While living as a guest in the residence of the wealthy financier Pierre Crozat, Antoine Watteau studied a significant collection of art that included works by several prominent Italian and Flemish masters. Specifically, the collection featured paintings and drawings by Correggio, various Venetian masters, and the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck. Watteau applied the lessons he learned from these masters to his own work during his stay at Crozatâs residence.1