Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

Two standing soldiers, one wearing a hat

Details

Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
Watteau, A.
Two standing soldiers, one wearing a hat
with inscription 'Mon. de hope' (verso)
red chalk
5.5/8 x 3.1/8 in. (143 x 80mm.)

Provenance

Private collection, Basel.
Anon. sale, Paris, 29-30 November 1989, lot 16.

Literature

E. Munhall, Little notes concerning Watteau's Portal of Valenciennes, New York, 1992, p. 23 and note 56 p. 34.
The Watteau Society Bulletin, 1994, no. 3, p. 45.
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau, Milan, 1996, I, no. 61, illustrated.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Cailleux, Le Rouge et le Noir, 1991, no. 14, illustrated.

Lot Essay

The standing soldier on the left appears in a lost composition engraved by Charles-Nicolas Cochin, Detachement faisant halte, published in the Recueil Julienne. Rosenberg and Prat date the drawing to 1709-10.