Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Head and Bust of Seated Woman. Verso: study of foliage

Antoine Watteau
1684-1721

Head and Bust of Seated Woman. Verso: study of foliage

7 1/16 x 5 15/16 inches (182 x 151 mm)
Black, red, and white chalks, with later additions in graphite, on laid paper; verso: red chalk.
I, 278c

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) 1911.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, at lower right, "Wateau".
Watermark: Letters "E(heart) FONTAINE".
Associated names
Glaenzer, Eugene, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
New York World's Fair : Illustrated Catalogue of an Exhibition Held on the Occasion of The New York World's Fair. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1939, p. no. 97.
Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, "Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins", 3 vols., Milan, 1996, II, no. 604, p. 1030, repr. (recto and verso).
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department