Author(s):
watteau, jean-antoine (valenciennes, 10–10–1684 - nogent-sur-marne, 18–07–1721), designer
date of production: around 1715
dating in century: 18th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, drawing
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 17cm
width: 19. 3cm
dimensions - frame:
height: 42. 5cm
width: 44. 5cm
depth: 7cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription concerning the author - bottom left, inscription in brown ink: "watau"
collector's mark - bottom, in the middle, hollow: mark "j. C. S. " (johann-conrad spengler collection, see lugt, n°1434)
historical commentary:
this bacchante holding out her cup is a study for "autumn", one of the four "seasons", oval paintings that watteau painted between 1712 and 1716 for the dining room of pierre crozat's hotel, rue de richelieu, in paris. This painting, unfortunately lost, is known to us through the engraving in return by etienne fessard. Watteau executed, with a view to this decoration, a series of drawings of superb quality, such as the "buveuse" from the cognacq-jay museum or the "bacchus", kept at the louvre museum, another study for "autumn" (paris, louvre museum, department of graphic arts, inv. 28980). 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 186. Date: circa 1715.
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