Antoine Watteau
1684-1721
Head of a Girl in Cap
5 3/4 x 6 inches (148 x 153 mm)
Red and black chalk, with white opaque watercolor, in eye, on light brown paper.
I, 278d
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on secondary support, in pen and black ink, at lower left, "Watteau".
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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Century Drawings
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