Three Studies of a Gentleman

Provenance

Camille Groult (1837–1908), Paris; by descent to his son, Jean Groult (1868–1951); sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 20, 1941, under lot 6, to Tony Mayer; sold, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, December 3, 1957, lot 20. Galerie Cailleux, Paris, by 1968 [Paris 1968; stamp (Cx; not in Lugt), lower left, in black]; sold to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, December 22, 1976; given to the Art Institute, 1998.

Three Studies of a Gentleman

Jean Antoine Watteau

1710/11

Accession Number

149036

Medium

Red chalk on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

16.6 × 20.2 cm (6 9/16 × 8 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection