Antoine Watteau
1684-1721
Three Studies of a Child Wearing a Cap
13 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (334 x 217 mm)
Red chalk counterproof on paper.
III, 89
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
The lower head was engraved by Pierre Filloeul for the "Livre de différent caractères de têtes", Paris, 1734.
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 89, repr.
Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, "Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins", 3 vols., Milan, 1996, II, no. 642, p. 1096, repr. in color.
Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, "Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins", 3 vols., Milan, 1996, II, no. 642, p. 1096, repr. in color.
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Century Drawings
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