A Man Reclining and a Woman Seated on the Ground

Jean-Antoine Watteauc. 1716

Details

Title: A Man Reclining and a Woman Seated on the Ground
Creator: Antoine Watteau
Date Created: c. 1716
Physical Dimensions: overall: 24.1 x 35.9 cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.)
Provenance: Anonymous sale, (Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 28 May 1892, no. 72); Lallemand (sale, Paris, 2 May 1894); Léon Michel-Lévy [1846-1925] (his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 17-18 June 1925, no. 106); George Blumenthal [1858-1941], New York (his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 1-2 December 1932, no. 48); (Jean Seligmann). [1] Mrs. Jesse I. Straus [née Irma S. Nathan, 1876-1970], New York, (her sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 21 October 1970, no. 20); Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, 1970; gift to NGA, 1991. [1] Annotated sales catalogue in NGA library.
Medium: red, black, and white chalk on brown laid paper

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