The Gallant Gardener

c. 1711-1712

Antoine Watteau

Associated Names
Antoine Watteau

Artist, French, 1684 - 1721

The image shows a scene from a slightly elevated angle. The ground and figures can be seen, with natural elements framing the top. The drawing is characterized by red chalk strokes, creating a delicate texture. The technique conveys movement and elegance. The color palette is monochromatic with warm tones. There is a tree with an anthropomorphic quality and a wheelbarrow, as well as two figures conversing. The scene is bordered by decorative foliage elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.9 x 18.1 cm (9 x 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.78.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rosenberg/Prat 1996, no. 169

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Germany; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 July 1992, no. 169, as French School, 18th Century); (Galerie Cailleux, Paris); purchased by NGA, 1992.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • NGA Durer to Diebenkorn 1992 (late addition, not in catalogue)

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.

Bibliography

1875

  • Goncourt, Edmond de. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau. Paris, 1875: under number 540.

1978

  • Jean-Richard, Pierrette. Musée du Louvre. Cabinet des Dessins. Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Inventaire général des graveurs. École Français I. L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher... Paris, 1978, under no. 94.

1993

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. "Eighteen Drawings by Antoine Watteau: A Chronological Study." Master Drawings 31/2 (1993): 110-111, no.5.

1996

  • Rosenberg, Pierre and Louis-Antoine Prat. Antoine Watteau 1684-1721. Catalogue raisonné des dessins. Milan: Leonardo Editore, 1996.

1999

  • Wintermute, Alan. "Le Pèlerinage à Watteau, An Introduction to the Drawings of Watteau and His Circle." In exh. cat. Watteau and His World, French Drawings from 1700 to 1750, New York and Ottawa, 1999-2000, 20-21, fig. 10.

2009

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009: 92, fig. 1.

Wikidata ID

Q64536236

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