Landscape with a Castle
Jean Antoine Watteau · 1716/18 · Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Landscape with a Castle is a public-domain drawing by Jean Antoine Watteau, dated 1716/18. Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Landscape with a Castle” (1716/18) is a Watteau subject, a gathering in a park, or a drawing for one. A print may be a later plate after the painting.
About the artist
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) painted fêtes galantes: elegant figures in parks, with a theatrical melancholy. Many sheets are drawings or later prints after him.
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