Indifferent (L'Indifférent)

c. 1730

after Antoine Watteau

Associated Names
French 18th Century

Artist

Antoine Watteau

Artist After, French, 1684 - 1721

The image shows a person in a mid-step position. The individual is detailed with one arm extended to the side holding an object, and the other arm stretched out. The person's facial features are clear, with detailed hair under a feathered hat. The person wears a period-style outfit with decorative elements. The background includes trees on the right and a grand building with a dome and spire in the distance. The sky has clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ivan E. Phillips

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 27.6 x 18.6 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.3.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dacier/Vuaflart 1921, no. 129, State A i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased, with funds from Ivan Phillips, by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1921

  • Dacier, Emile and Albert Vuaflart. Jean de Jullienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIIIe siecle. 4 vols. Paris: Societe pour l'Etude de la Gravure Francaise, 1921-1929.

Inscriptions

by later hand, center right verso in graphite: D V 129A / i/ii

Wikidata ID

Q75403675

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