Standing Man with Subsidiary Study of a Male Head
DrawingsFrench18th century

Standing Man with Subsidiary Study of a Male Head

c. 1715

Artists

Jean-Antoine WatteauArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Red, black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
Culture
French
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.8 × 21.1 cm (10 9/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval, Paris; Andrew James, London, gift; to his daughter, Sarah Ann James, London, by descent; her estate sale, Christie's, London, 22 -23 June 1891, lot 294, sold; to Arthur Tooth & Sons, London; Camille Groult, Paris, gift; to his son, Jean Groult, Paris, by descent, gift; to his son, Pierre Bordeaux-Groult, Paris, by descent; sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 11 April 1962, lot 40; Robert M. Light, Boston (by 1973), sold; to Philip Hofer, Cambridge; to his wife, Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, by descent, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer, inv. no. 1979.52

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