Italian Comedians
Jean Antoine Watteau · 1719/20 · Red, black, and white chalks, with stumping, on cream laid paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Italian Comedians is a public-domain drawing by Jean Antoine Watteau, dated 1719/20. Red, black, and white chalks, with stumping, on cream laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Italian Comedians” (1719/20) 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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