Three Studies of Seated Women

Provenance

John Spencer (died 1746); by descent to George John (died 1834), the second Earl Spencer [Lugt 1530]; sold, Philips, London, June 10-17, 1811, lot 822 to Edward Coxe, London [according to Rosenberg and Prat 1996]; sold, Squibb, London, April 13-15, 1815, lot 132. William Esdaile (died 1837) [Lugt 2617]; sold, Christie’s, London, June 18, 1840, lot 1242. Andrew James (died before 1857); by descent to his daughter, Sarah Ann James, London; sold, Christie’s, London, June 22-23, 1891, lot 338, to Wertheimer [according to Rosenberg and Prat 1996]. H. A. Josse; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 28-29, 1894, lot 45. Camille Groult (died 1908); by descent to his son, Jean Groult (died 1951); by descent to his son, Pierre Bordeaux-Groult [according to Rosenberg and Prat 1996]. Sold by Wildenstein and Company, New York, to the Art Institute, 1958.

Three Studies of Seated Women

Jean Antoine Watteau

c. 1715

Accession Number

7103

Medium

Black, red, and white chalk on gray-brown laid paper

Dimensions

26 × 37 cm (10 1/4 × 14 5/8 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Helen Regenstein Collection