Jean Antoine Watteau
The bust of a young man looking down, wearing a tricorn hat, to the right a landscape with buildings
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July 5, 10:16 AM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Jean Antoine Watteau
Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne
The bust of a young man looking down, wearing a tricorn hat, to the right a landscape with buildings
Red chalk;
numbered in red chalk, upper right: 8
125 by 167 mm
Alfred Strölin (1871-1954), Paris and Lausanne,
by descent to his son, Alfred Strölin (1912-1974), Paris;
Private collection, Lausanne;
sale, London, Christie's, 12 December 1978, lot 110, pl. 26,
where purchased by the present owner
by descent to his son, Alfred Strölin (1912-1974), Paris;
Private collection, Lausanne;
sale, London, Christie's, 12 December 1978, lot 110, pl. 26,
where purchased by the present owner
New York, The Frick Collection, and Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Watteau and His World, 1999-2000, p. 101, no. 5, reproduced (entry by Alan Wintermute)
K.T. Parker and J. Mathey, Antoine Watteau. Catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, vol. II, Paris 1957, no. 719, reproduced;
The Watteau Society Bulletin, 1984, no. 1, p. 40, reproduced and p. 42;
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721. Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996, vol. I, p. 324, no. 205, reproduced p. 325
The Watteau Society Bulletin, 1984, no. 1, p. 40, reproduced and p. 42;
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721. Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996, vol. I, p. 324, no. 205, reproduced p. 325
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