Author(s):
watteau, jean-antoine (valenciennes, 10–10–1684 - nogent-sur-marne, 18–07–1721), designer
date of production: around 1716
dating in century: 18th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, drawing
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 22. 2cm
width: 21. 1cm
dimensions - frame:
height: 44cm
width: 44cm
depth: 4cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
collector's mark - on the back: "c. 45"
historical commentary:
this study of a young man was taken up successively by antoine watteau in three of his compositions. This is a preparatory drawing, executed around 1716, for "pastoral pleasure" (chantilly, musée condé, inv. Pe 370): in the painting, the character holds a long stick in his right hand, evocative of pilgrimages to cythera, and in his left he embraces a young woman. Watteau took up this idyll, changing some details in the heads and costumes, for a pastoral style painting, "the shepherds" (berlin, schloss charlottenburg, inv. Gki 5303). The attitude of the legs and right hand of "the seated man" from the cognacq-jay museum is finally found in a character from "peaceful love" (around 1718, berlin, schloss charlottenburg, inv. Gki 5337). Mode of acquisition: legacy
name of donor, testator, seller: cognacq, ernest
date of acquisition: 1928
institution: cognacq-jay museum, the taste of the 18th century
inventory number: j 193. Date: circa 1716.
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