Le conteur

Watteau, Jean-Antoine (1684-1721)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1716
Height:
35.0 cm  (13 3/4 in.)
Width:
27.5 cm  (10 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
red chalk; red and black chalk

Additional titles

The storyteller

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1928.661]

Description

Two sketches without background. In the lower right sketch, two men (one standing, one kneeling) lean over a chair where a woman is seated. She holds a Baroque guitar.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237] (Only the body is visible and only the outline of the instrument is shown.)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

2096