Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows
Antoine Watteau · c. 1718 · red chalk and graphite on cream laid paper
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About this picture
Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows is a public-domain drawing by Antoine Watteau, dated c. 1718. Red chalk and graphite on cream laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows” (c. 1718) 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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