Woman with Hands Crossed
Antoine Watteau
(French, 1684–1721)
1717
Medium/TechniqueRed and black chalk on tan paper
DimensionsFramed: 45.1 x 36.8 x 5.1 cm (17 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 2 in.)
Overall: 21.4 x 14.1cm (8 7/16 x 5 9/16in.)
Overall: 21.4 x 14.1cm (8 7/16 x 5 9/16in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2611
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ProvenanceBy 1900 until at least 1913, John Postle Heseltine (b. 1848 - d. 1929), London (Lugt 1507). By 1928, David David-Weill (b. 1871 - d. 1952), Paris and Neuilly-sur-Seine, France [see note 1]; 1937, sold by David-Weill to Wildenstein and Co., New York [see note 2]. December 15, 1944, sold by Jacques Helft and Co., New York, to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accesion Date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] Gabriel Henriot, Collection David-Weill, vol. 3, Dessins (1928), p. 501. [2] "Sale of the David-Weill Collection," Art News, February 27, 1937, pp. 12, 20. Wildenstein lent the drawing to the Golden Gate International Exposition (Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1940), cat. no. 504.
NOTES:
[1] Gabriel Henriot, Collection David-Weill, vol. 3, Dessins (1928), p. 501. [2] "Sale of the David-Weill Collection," Art News, February 27, 1937, pp. 12, 20. Wildenstein lent the drawing to the Golden Gate International Exposition (Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1940), cat. no. 504.
Unidentified artist, Flemish, 17th century
Unidentified artist, Flemish, 17th century
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
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