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Three Studies of a Woman's Head and a Study of Hands [recto]
Antoine Watteau · 1718/1719 · red chalk and graphite with black chalk and pink wash on laid paper
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About this picture
Three Studies of a Woman's Head and a Study of Hands [recto] is a public-domain drawing by Antoine Watteau, dated 1718/1719. Red chalk and graphite with black chalk and pink wash on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Three Studies of a Woman's Head and a Study of Hands [recto]” (1718/1719) 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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