Walking Woman Holding her Skirt, from Figures de modes
Jean Antoine Watteau · c. 1710 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Walking Woman Holding her Skirt, from Figures de modes is a public-domain illustration by Jean Antoine Watteau, dated c. 1710. Etching in black on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Walking Woman Holding her Skirt, from Figures de modes” (c. 1710) 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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