The four large oval paintings of the Seasons commissioned by Pierre Crozat (1665–1740) for his Paris dining room constitute rare examples of mythological subjects in Watteau's oeuvre. The painting Autumn, known today only through engravings, depicted a standing satyr pouring wine for a seated Bacchus. This sheet is one of two known studies (the other is in the Courtauld Institute Galleries, London) for the figure of the standing satyr. The New York drawing must have been the earliest, made before Watteau decided to bend the satyr's pouring arm to better suit the oval format. Red, black, and white chalk are intuitively combined to produce the appropriately ruddy flesh tones of the satyr.
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Vassal de Saint-Hubert , his sale, Paris, March 23 - April 17, 1779, possibly part of lot 94: "deux bons dessins, à la pierre noire et à la sanguine, sur papier blanc, représentants deux hommes nuds, dont un tient deux bouteilles, hauteur 10 pouces 3 lignes, largeur 8 pouces 3 lignes."; Felix Harbord , according to Virch.; Mrs. H. D. Gronau; Walter C. Baker (American)
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