Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows

Jean-Antoine Watteauc. 1718

Details

Title: Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows
Creator: Antoine Watteau
Date Created: c. 1718
Physical Dimensions: overall: 17.8 x 18.5 cm (7 x 7 5/16 in.)
Provenance: The Marquis de Chennevières, Paris, (1820 - 1899) (Lugt 2072); (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 5-6 May 1898, no. 205). Marius Paulme (Lugt 1910); (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13 May 1929, no. 260); Hon. Irwin Boyle Laughlin, Washington, D.C.; his wife, Therese Iselin Laughlin, 1941; their daughter, Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, New York, 1958; gift to NGA, 2000.
Medium: red chalk and graphite on cream laid paper

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