Lucas Debargue, piano - Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, K. 535

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Sonata in D Major K 535, L 262. Lucas Debargue – piano. Painting: Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) - The Italian Comedians (National Gallery, Washington). Description below. Scarlatti wrote his 555 sonatas for his pupil and patroness, the Portuguese Princess (and later Spanish Queen), Maria Barbara. Both Scarlatti and the Queen were extraordinary harpsichordists and had great improvisational skills. French painter, Jean-Antoine Watteau, was the founder of the genre called