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Jean-Antoine Watteau

Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)

c. 1716
red chalk; red and black chalk (upper left figure)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Jean Antoine Watteau likely drew this sheet from a combination of life study and imagination, working from a model and adding other elements of his own creation.

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