Treetops [verso]

Antoine Watteau

Artist, French, 1684 - 1721

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and red chalks with brown wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Arthur L. Liebman

  • Dimensions

    overall: 7.2 x 10.9 cm (2 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1992.87.6.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rosenberg/Prat 1996, no. 839, State R

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly Jules-Robert Auguste [1789-1850], Paris (possibly his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 28-31 May 1850, nos. 100-103, lots are undescribed); Baron Louis Auguste de Schwiter [1805-1889] (Lugt 1768); (his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot 20-21 April 1883, no. 169); E. Arago; (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 22 December 1924, no. 92); Mrs. Hugh Millington; (sale, London, Christie's, 18 April 1967, no. 41); Faeber & Mason [1]; Arthur Liebman [d. 1991], Lake Forest, IL; bequest 1992, to NGA.
[1] Christie's London 18 April 1967 catalogue has typed list indicating prices with buyer names.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

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

Wikidata ID

Q64536238

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