Plate 10: Mezzetin

c. 1726

Louis Desplaces, after Antoine Watteau

Associated Names
Louis Desplaces

Artist, French, 1682 - 1739

Antoine Watteau

Artist After, French, 1684 - 1721

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19 × 13.5 cm (7 1/2 × 5 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2089.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF no. 117

  • Series Title

    Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watteau (Volume I)

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Associated Artworks

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This illustration depicts the upper half of a man seated in a slightly turned position, facing forward. He has detailed facial features, long curly hair, and is wearing an elaborate coat with fur lining on the collar and cuffs. He holds a paintbrush delicately in his right hand and his left hand rests on the edge of a large canvas or portfolio. The background is minimal with a lined border. Below the portrait, there is a text paying tribute to Watteau.

Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watteau (volume I)

1721

Plate 1: Fra Felice da Cantalice

François Boucher

1721

Plate 2: Standing Woman Holding her Dress with the her Right Hand

François Boucher

1721

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1951

  • Inventaire du Fonds Français: Graveurs du XVIIIe Siècle. Paris, 1951, VII: 117.

1996

  • Rosenberg, Pierre and Louis-Antoine Prat. Antoine Watteau 1684-1721. Catalogue raisonné des dessins. Milan, 1996, no. 159.

Inscriptions

Lettered LL: "Watteau del." and LR: "D."
Numbered LR: .10.

Wikidata ID

Q77260488

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