The detailed studies relate to Watteau’s painting ‘Les comédiens Italiens’. The drawing on the left was used for the boy at the extreme
lower left in the composition. He looks at his own hands making a garland. The hands were drawn in a separate study. The artist combined black and red chalk; the red chalk was used mainly for the hands and face.
Specifications
| Title | Two Studies of a Boy |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black and red chalk |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 175 mm Width 176 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Jean Antoine Watteau
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| Accession number | F I 49 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1719-1720 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Tekeningen uit eigen bezit, 1400-1800 (1952) Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) De Collectie Twee - wissel IV, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| External exhibitions |
Watteau (2017) Antoine Watteau - drawings (2016) Boijmans bij de Buren - Meesterlijk! (2019) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | London > England > Great Britian > United Kingdom > Northern Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Jean Antoine Watteau
Valenciennes 1684 - Nogent-sur-Marne 1721
Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French rococo painter. He received lessons from Gillot - between 1704 and 1705 - and from Claude Audran, between 1707 and 1708....
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