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Artist/Maker(s): Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 - 1721)
Culture: French
Place(s): France (Place created)
Date: about 1716 - 1717
Medium: Red, black, and white chalk on buff-colored paper
Dimensions: 21.4 x 33.5 cm (8 7/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions: Three inscriptions on back of the frame: Written on a label and affixed to backing: Miss James No. 335/1891/Head of a Boy and two/flute players/From the Brisart Collection/Engraved in Watteau's Works/88,232/W13” Directly underneath, written on backing: “Parket et Mathey no. 837/ 2 etudes d'un flautiste jouant vu a demi corps et de face et une de la tete d'un jeune garçon/le flutiste de droite a été utilisé dans l'accord parfait.” Upper right, written on backing: “W I/F.dd.C garcon 232 VII 8/flutiste 88-III-3/flutiste”
Alternate Title(s): Two Studies of a Flutist and a Study of the Head of a Boy (Display Title)
SKU: 201065
