Standing Soldier: Garde Française

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen French
 Formerly attributed to Antoine Watteau French

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Until 1983, this drawing was thought to be by Antoine Watteau. We now know it matches similar studies of French guardsmen by Eisen and was engraved as an illustration for the military manual "Positions des soldats de l'infanterie pendant la manoeuvre du fusil" (Paris, 1751–52).

Standing Soldier: Garde Française, Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels), Red chalk over traces of graphite

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Standing Soldier: Garde Française, Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels), Red chalk over traces of graphite
Standing Soldier: Garde Française, Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels), Red chalk over traces of graphite

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