Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Date:
ca.1717
Medium:
Red, black, and white chalk
Dimensions:
8 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (21.3 x 20.6 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Gift of Ann Payne Blumenthal, 1943
Accession Number:
43.163.23
Not on view
Watteau was most famous for his fêtes galantes—scenes of aristocratic and theatrical figures at leisure in imaginary park settings. He made numerous figure studies from life that he used to prepare his paintings. In this drawing, he used three colors of chalk to create a lively, lifelike effect. The white highlights add to the luster of the sheet, especially in the sheen of the silky dress.
Andrew James (British, died 1857); Miss Sarah Ann James (London)Sale, Christies, London, June 22-23, 1891, lot 309.; Sir James Knowles (British, Reigate 1831–1908 Brighton), his sale, Christies, London, May 27-29, 1908, lot 242.; Jacques Seligmann; George Blumenthal; Donor: Ann Payne Blumenthal
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," November 26, 2012–February 24, 2013.
Bean and Turcic 1986.331; Rosenberg and Prat 1996.542 (vol. II)
Edmond de Goncourt Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau. Paris, 1875, cat. no. under 367, p. 243.
P. Leroi "[Notice]" in L'Art. vol. 51, 1891, cat. no. 309, p. 96.
Karl Theodore Parker The Drawings of Antoine Watteau. London, 1931, cat. no. 37, fig. no. pl. 37, p. 44, ill.
Karl Theodore Parker, Jacques Mathey Catalogue de l'oeuvre dessiné d'Antoine Watteau. vol. 2, Paris, 1957, cat. no. 546, fig. no. 546, p. 309, ill.
"MMA Bulletin" French Drawings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 17, no. 6, New York, February 1959, p. 166, ill.
Jean-Francois Méjanès, Jacques Vilain Pierre-Charles Trémolières (Cholet, 1703- Paris, 1739). Ex. cat. Musée de Cholet, 1973, cat. no. under no. 1, p. 119.
Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Pierre Rosenberg Watteau, 1684-1721. Ex. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Washington, 1984, cat. no. under D85, fig. no. 2 (under D85), pp. 160, 302, 30, ill.
Margaret Morgan Grasselli "Eleven New Drawings by Nicolas Lancret." Master Drawings. vol. 23-24, no. 3, 1985-1986, fig. no. 1, p. 378.
Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 15th-18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, cat. no. 331, p. 295, ill.
Michael Kitson Claude to Corot, The Development of Landscape Painting in France. Ex. cat. Alan Wintermute, Colnaghi, New York, University of Washington, Seattle, New York and Seattle, 1990, cat. no. under 85, fig. no. 6, p. 136, ill.
Pierre Rosenberg, Louis-Antoine Prat Antoine Watteau 1684-1721: Catalogue raisonné des dessins. Milan, 1996, cat. no. 542 (vol. II), pp. 916-917, ill.
Artist: Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)Date: early 18th centuryMedium: Two shades of red chalkAccession: 23.280.5On view in:Not on view
Artist: Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)Date: ca. 1715Medium: Red and black chalkAccession: 1978.12.1On view in:Not on view
Artist: Attributed to Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)Date: n.d.Medium: Red, black, and white chalksAccession: 1975.131.130On view in:Not on view
Artist: Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)Date: ca. 1714Medium: Red chalk. A strip of paper 1.2 cm. in height has been added at upper margin.Accession: 80.3.524On view in:Not on view
Artist: Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)Date: ca. 1717–18Medium: Black and red chalk, heightened with a little white.Accession: 1978.12.3On view in:Not on view
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