Two Studies of a Seated Woman

Jean Antoine Watteau, 1709 - 1721

Taking advantage of the sheet’s horizontal format, Watteau drew the same woman twice, shifting only his viewpoint and distance from the model. The complex folds of her dress are executed in a great economy of means – with nervous hatching and blank reserves. Watteau made hundreds of similar figure studies, which he often reused in his paintings.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1953-181
  • Dimensionsheight 202 mm x width 339 mm
  • Physical characteristicsrood krijt op papier

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Two Studies of a Woman Seated on the Ground
    • Two Studies of a Seated Woman

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1953-181

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Jean Antoine Watteau

  • Dating

    1709 - 1721

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    rood krijt op papier

  • Dimensions

    height 202 mm x width 339 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Inv.; collection David David-Weill (1871-1952), Neuilly sur Seine, 1928;{Coll. cat. Weill III, 1928, pp. 505-6.}…; purchased from the estate of Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • Marianne Roland Michel, 'The Rosenberg-Prat Catalogue of Watteau's Drawings', The Burlington Magazine 140 (1998) nr. 1148, p. 752, fig. 45.

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