FJK 134

Watteau Antoine (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)

Man wearing a Coat, with His Legs Crossed and His Right Elbow leaning on a Socle (recto)

ca. 1715
7 31/64 × 4 21/64 in. (190 × 110 mm)

Medium
Black, red and white chalk on brownish laid paper
Sketch of drapery in black chalk on the back

Unidentified collector’s mark bottom right (Lugt 1285)

Origin

Probably Gabriel Huquier Collection (1695-1772), engraver
His sale, Amsterdam, September 14, 1761, no. 3056 (?)
Louis Clément de Ris Collection, Paris (1820-1892), according to the 1919 sale catalogue
Henri Michel-Lévy Collection, Paris
His sale, Gallery Georges Petit, Paris, May 12-13, 1919, no. 117, ill.
Marcel Zambaux Collection, Paris
His sale, Gallery Georges Petit, Paris, November 21-22, 1922, no. 63 (8000 francs)
Mrs. François Heim Collection, Paris (1968-ca.1977)
Sale, Crédit Municipal, Paris, April 9, 1981, no. 1 (cancelled sale)
Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 6, 1984 (cancelled sale)
Sale, Drouot Richelieu, Paris, Millon & Robert, November 27, 1998, no. 15
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 5675
Jan Krugier Foundation

Bibliography

ADHEMAR Hélène, HUYGHE René, Watteau, Sa vie, son œuvre, Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1950, mentioned under no. 111.

PARKER K.T., MATHEY J., Antoine Watteau, Catalogue complet de son œuvre dessiné, Paris: F. de Nobele, 1957, vol. II, no. 671, ill.

GRASSELLI Margaret Morgan, The Drawings of Antoine Watteau, stylistic development and problems of chronology, Ph. D. Cambridge, Harvard University, 1987, unpublished, vol. I, p. 272, note 54, p. 324, note 16.

PRAT Rosenbert, PRAT Louis-Antoine, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue Raisonné, Paris: Gallimard/Electa, 1996, vol. I, no. 324, ill. 

Exhibitions

Paris, Gallery Cailleux, Watteau et sa génération, Paris, 1968, no. 59, ill.

Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art; Paris, Grand-Palais; Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg, Watteau 1684-1721, exh. cat. 1984-1985, p. 304, fig. 2 p. 301.

Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, p. 104, no. 45, color ill. p. 105.

Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, p. 128, no. 57, color ill. p. 129.

Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, p. 164, no. 66, color ill. p. 165.

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, p. 142, no. 59, color ill. p. 143.

Munich, Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge - Von Rembrandt bis Picasso. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2007, p. 134, no. 59, color ill. p. 135.

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