Provenance
Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine (died 1830); Martin Norblin de la Gourdaine (died 1854). The Baronne de Conantré, 1875 [Goncourt 1875]; by descent to her daughter, The Baronne de Rublé; by descent to her daughter, Mme. De Witte; by descent to her daughter, the Marquise de Bryas, Orange; sold to Galerie Cailleux, Paris, by 1959 [a conversation with Marianne Roland-Michel of Galerie Cailleux]. William H. Schab, New York, 1961 [invoice]. Otto Schäfer, Schweinfurt, Germany [invoice]. Sold, Sotheby's, London, July 7, 1999, lot 54 to Spink-Leger Gallery, London; sold to the Art Institute, 1999.
A Bewigged Painter (Possibly Claude Audran), Seated at his Easel, Seen in Profile
Jean Antoine Watteauc. 1709
Accession Number
153181
Medium
Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Dimensions
20.1 × 13.4 cm (7 15/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Credit Line
The Regenstein Collection