Antoine Watteau

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Antoine Watteau

1684-1721

Head of a Girl in Cap

Red and black chalk, with white opaque watercolor, in eye, on light brown paper.

5 3/4 x 6 inches (148 x 153 mm)

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.

I, 278d

Notes:

Watermark: none visible through lining.

Inscription:

Inscribed on secondary support, in pen and black ink, at lower left, "Watteau".

Provenance:

Acquired by J. Pierpont Morgan between 1900 and 1913 (no mark; see Lugt 1509).

Associated names:

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography:

Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, "Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins", 3 vols., Milan, 1996, II, no. R392bis, p. 1252, repr.

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