Lady Walking Seen from Behind (La Femme marchand au fond)

Jean-Antoine Watteauca. 1710

Details

Title: Lady Walking Seen from Behind (La Femme marchand au fond)
Creator: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Date Created: ca. 1710
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “Vateau inv. et. fect.”
Set or Series Title: Figures de Mode
Print State: Fourth of seven states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1970
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Keywords: clothing, fashion
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Etching by Watteau, finished in engraving by Henri-Simon Thomassin, fils
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 113 mm x 71 mm (4.45 in. x 2.8 in.).
Bibliography: Dacier and Vauflart 47 iv/vii (vol. 3, p. 27); Robert-Dumesnil 6 iii (vol. 2, p. 185); Carlson and Ittmann, cat. 1d; Goncourt (1875) 5
Associated People: Created by Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)
Accession Number: 1970.31.10

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