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A Bewigged Painter (Possibly Claude Audran), Seated at his Easel, Seen in Profile

A work made of red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card.

Date:

c. 1709

Artist:

Jean Antoine Watteau
French, 1684-1721

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 216

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Antoine Watteau

Title

A Bewigged Painter (Possibly Claude Audran), Seated at his Easel, Seen in Profile

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1704–1714

Medium

Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

Dimensions

20.1 × 13.4 cm (7 15/16 × 5 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Regenstein Collection

Reference Number

1999.682

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