Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)
Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721) · c. 1716 · red chalk; red and black chalk (upper left figure)
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About this picture
Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur) is a CC0 drawing by Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721), dated c. 1716. Red chalk; red and black chalk (upper left figure). The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)” (c. 1716) 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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