Jean Antoine Watteau / Study for "Le Conteur" / c. 1716

Jean Antoine Watteau
Study for "Le Conteur"
c. 1716
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Creator Name: Watteau, Jean Antoine
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1684 - 1721
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Jean Antoine Watteau
Title: Study for "Le Conteur"
Title Type: Primary
Title: Deux hommes autour d'une guitariste assise
Title Type: Foreign
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Creation Start Date: 1711
Creation End Date: 1721
Creation Date: c. 1716
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: red and black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 35cm x 27.5cm, Secondary Support: 35.1cm x 27.8cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1928.661
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: all according to Rosenberg and Prat 1996, pp. 1182-83, cat. no. R118: Andrew James, London (not stamped, not in Lugt); Sarah Ann James, London (not stamped, not in Lugt); [her sale, Lonmdon, Christie's, 22-23 June 1891, lot 334]; [Agnew]. [Richard Owen]
AMICA ID: CMA_.1928.661
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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