Jean Antoine Watteau
A study of two men playing the guitar, seated and facing left; a separate study of the head and shoulders of the guitarist on the right; a partial head study of the guitarist, in profile
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January 31, 05:59 PM GMT
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150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Jean Antoine Watteau
Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne
A study of two men playing the guitar, seated and facing left; a separate study of the head and shoulders of the guitarist on the right; a partial head study of the guitarist, in profile
Red chalk;
bears old attribution on the mount: an Watteau
151 by 220 mm; 6 by 8 ⅝ in.
Johann Peter Anton Tassaert (1727-1788), Paris and Berlin (L.2388);
Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910), Berlin (L.1576),
his sale, Berlin, Lepke, 30 October 1917, lot 48, reproduced (all six drawings by Watteau in this sale - Rosenberg and Prat, op. cit., nos. 365, 447, 522, 639 and 649 - came from the Tassaert collection);
Paul von Schwabach (according to Parker and Mathey; see Literature);
Hans and Ludmilla Arnhold, New York;
Private Collection, Vaduz
Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910), Berlin (L.1576),
his sale, Berlin, Lepke, 30 October 1917, lot 48, reproduced (all six drawings by Watteau in this sale - Rosenberg and Prat, op. cit., nos. 365, 447, 522, 639 and 649 - came from the Tassaert collection);
Paul von Schwabach (according to Parker and Mathey; see Literature);
Hans and Ludmilla Arnhold, New York;
Private Collection, Vaduz
Antoine Watteau als teekenaar, Amsterdam, Willet-Holthuysen Museum, 1935, cat. no. 5
K.T. Parker and J. Mathey, Antoine Watteau, Catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, 1957, Vol. II, cat. no. 833, reproduced;
M. Roland-Michel, Watteau. Un artiste au XVIIIe siecle, Paris/London 1984, p. 136;
Watteau, 1684-1721, exhib.cat., Washington, National Gallery of Art; Paris, Grand Palais; Berlin, Chateau de Charlottenbourg, 1984-85, p. 342, fig. 2, 344;
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996, vol. II, pp. 660-661, no. 402
M. Roland-Michel, Watteau. Un artiste au XVIIIe siecle, Paris/London 1984, p. 136;
Watteau, 1684-1721, exhib.cat., Washington, National Gallery of Art; Paris, Grand Palais; Berlin, Chateau de Charlottenbourg, 1984-85, p. 342, fig. 2, 344;
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996, vol. II, pp. 660-661, no. 402
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