Standing Man Leaning on a Plinth

1970s

Eric Hebborn (Watteau imitation)

Associated Names
Eric Hebborn

Artist, British, 1934 - 1996

Antoine Watteau

Artist After, French, 1684 - 1721

The image depicts a person leaning against a surface with casual posture, holding a tricorn hat. The individual has distinct facial features, long wavy hair, and is dressed in historical European attire. The background is minimal, highlighting the figure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.1 x 21.6 cm (13 13/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
    mount: 42.5 x 30 cm (16 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.38.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Adolphe Stein, Paris); Ian Woodner, purchased December 1979; Ian Woodner Family Collection; Dian Woodner, New York; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Hebborn, Eric. Drawn to Trouble: Confessions of a Master Forger. New York, 1991: 284-285, fig. 69.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center of album sheet: C.LXVI [not deciphered]; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 3062IHXX; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: see / Bonnat Col. / #287 / #52 / Reproduction / [not deciphered] / 1926

Wikidata ID

Q64559583

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