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Treetops [verso]

Jean-Antoine Watteau1684/1721

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

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Title: Treetops [verso]
Creator: Antoine Watteau
Date Created: 1684/1721
Physical Dimensions: overall: 7.2 x 10.9 cm (2 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Provenance: Possibly Jules-Robert Auguste [1789-1850], Paris (possibly his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 28-31 May 1850, nos. 100-103, lots are undescribed); Baron Louis Auguste de Schwiter [1805-1889] (Lugt 1768); (his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot 20-21 April 1883, no. 169); E. Arago; (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 22 December 1924, no. 92); Mrs. Hugh Millington; (sale, London, Christie's, 18 April 1967, no. 41); Faeber & Mason [1]; Arthur Liebman [d. 1991], Lake Forest, IL; bequest 1992, to NGA. [1] Christie's London 18 April 1967 catalogue has typed list indicating prices with buyer names.
Rights: CC0
Medium: black and red chalks with brown wash on laid paper

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