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Studies of a Standing Woman Holding a Spindle and a Woman’s Head in Profile to the Right

ca. 1714–18
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Studies of a Standing Woman Holding a Spindle and a Woman’s Head in Profile to the Right
  • Artist: Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
  • Date: ca. 1714–18
  • Medium: Two shades of red chalk
  • Dimensions: 6 7/16 x 4 13/16 in. (16.4 x 12.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequeathed by Anne D. Thomson, 1923
  • Object Number: 23.280.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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