Attributed to Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684-1721 Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris)
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Attributed to Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684-1721 Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris)

Study of a gentleman, seated on the ground, looking away and to the right

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Attributed to Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684-1721 Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris)
Study of a gentleman, seated on the ground, looking away and to the right
red chalk
125 x 90 mm.
Provenance
Camille Groult, by descent to
Jean Groult, and by descent to
Pierre Bordeaux-Groult; Paris, 23 February 1978, lot 11, as Watteau (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory B-57).
Literature
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan, 1996, III, no. R687.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat suggest a possible attribution to Pater.

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