Two Studies of a Violinist Tuning His Instrument

Jean-Antoine Watteau1717/1718

Details

Title: Two Studies of a Violinist Tuning His Instrument
Creator: Antoine Watteau
Date Created: 1717/1718
Physical Dimensions: overall: 30 x 21.3 cm (11 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Provenance: Jacques Doucet [1853-1929], Paris (his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 5 June 1912, no. 64); Sir Geoge Donaldson; private collection, Paris, 1931; Howard Sturges [d. 1955], New York, by 1950; gift 1956 to NGA.
Medium: black and red chalk heightened with white chalk on light brown laid paper, with later framing line in brown ink

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