Watteau prepared his paintings in an unconventional manner. Instead of making a composition sketch and the individual studies for different sections, he used ‘plein air’ studies of landscapes and individual figures made earlier. He used the four studies of soldiers resting, made during military manoeuvres at Valenciennes, in his painting ‘The Recreations of War’.
Specifications
| Title | Study of Four Resting Soldiers and a Standing Woman |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Red chalk |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 179 mm Width 198 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Jean Antoine Watteau
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| Accession number | F I 150 recto (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1709-1712 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Tekeningen uit eigen bezit, 1400-1800 (1952) Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) De Collectie Twee - wissel III, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| External exhibitions |
Antoine Watteau: the Drawings (2011) Watteau (2017) Antoine Watteau - drawings (2016) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Jean Antoine Watteau
Valenciennes 1684 - Nogent-sur-Marne 1721
Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French rococo painter. He received lessons from Gillot - between 1704 and 1705 - and from Claude Audran, between 1707 and 1708....
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