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A fountain in front of a rustic pavillion
Details
Circle of Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684-1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
A fountain in front of a rustic pavillion
with inscription 'Watteau'
red chalk counterproof
16 7/8 x 11½ in. (428 x 292 mm.)
A fountain in front of a rustic pavillion
with inscription 'Watteau'
red chalk counterproof
16 7/8 x 11½ in. (428 x 292 mm.)
Provenance
Lord Overstone, and by descent.
Literature
G. Redford, Descriptive catalogue of Works of Art at Overstone Park, Lockinge House and Carlton Gardens, 1878, no. 177.
J. Cailleux, 'Newly identified Drawings by Watteau', Burlington Magazine, February 1967, pp. 56 and 59, and p. 58, fig. 7.
[L. Parris], The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1967, and with a new introduction by Francis Russell, 1991, p. 33, no. 135.
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins, III, Milan, 1996, p. 1204, no. R205 ('Malgré une inscription ancienne Watteau, le dessin paraît totalement étranger à l'esprit de l'artiste').
J. Cailleux, 'Newly identified Drawings by Watteau', Burlington Magazine, February 1967, pp. 56 and 59, and p. 58, fig. 7.
[L. Parris], The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1967, and with a new introduction by Francis Russell, 1991, p. 33, no. 135.
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins, III, Milan, 1996, p. 1204, no. R205 ('Malgré une inscription ancienne Watteau, le dessin paraît totalement étranger à l'esprit de l'artiste').
Exhibited
King's Lynn, Fermoy Gallery, French Drawings of the 17th and 18th Century, 1985, no. 55.
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