Jean-Antoine Watteau (; baptised October 10, 1684 – died July 18, 1721), better known as
Antoine Watteau, was a
French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of
Correggio and
Rubens. He revitalized the waning
Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical
Rococo.