L'oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau (volume II)

c. 1740

Various Artists after Antoine Watteau

Associated Names
Antoine Watteau

Artist After, French, 1684 - 1721

This print shows several people on a cobblestone street in a variety of dramatic poses, their arms outstretched in different directions. There is a woman in the center dressed in an elaborate gown, looking upward. She has pale skin and light hair, and she wears a necklace that looks like a strand of pearls. Behind her, people appear shocked, with a woman bending down and holding a cloth to her face, a man with one head on his hand and the other stretched forward, and another person kneeling on some stairs, their head on the ground. On the left, a man with medium-toned skin and a dark beard bows down towards the woman, his arms outstretched, holding a cloth. More shocked people are on the left, one of them wearing a mask over the top of their head. On the far right, someone stands on a ladder, posting a large sign on the wall. A person below looks toward them, their right arm raised up as if directing. In the bottom right corner, a child appears to carry a thin drum or similar object on a strap hung around their neck. The background includes more buildings on the cobblestone street under a light gray sky. People look out from second story windows in a building on the left, staring down at the scene on the street. Below the print are several lines of text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 vol: ill: engravings by various artists after Watteau

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2093


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1912

  • Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres a gravures de XVIIIe siecle. 6th edition revised and enlarged by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: col.1056, no.24.

1921

  • D/V 1-271


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