Title:
Young Father Distressed by His Growing Family
Artist:
Louis Joseph Watteau, called Watteau de Lille (French, Valeciennes 1731–1798 Lille)
Date:
18th century
Medium:
Pen and brownish-gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk. A horizontal strip 1.5 cm in height has been added at lower margin and the drawing continued in the same hand.
Dimensions:
14 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (36.5 x 22.6 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs, in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs, 1978
Accession Number:
1978.516.3