Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
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
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
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)
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