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Thirteen Figure Sketches

Antoine Watteau
1684-1721

Thirteen Figure Sketches

9 5/16 x 13 7/16 inches (236 x 342 mm)
Red chalk on paper.
I, 278

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
This drawing is on the recto of Watteau's "Landscape" (Acc. No. III, 90).
Formerly attributed to Claude Gillot.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Gauntlet with four-petaled flower; letters "R", "G" and heart in cartouche.
Associated names
Gillot, Claude, 1673-1722, Formerly attributed to.
Tiffin, former owner.
Riggall, Edward, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, 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, I, no. 278, repr.
Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, "Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins", 3 vols., Milan, 1996, I, no. 18, p. 32, recto and verso repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department