Figures in Theatrical Costumes
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and red wash, over red chalk
Dimensions
6 1/16 x 7 7/8 in. (15.4 x 20.0 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number
06.1042.7
Tags
CostumesSwordsMen
About the Artist
Claude Gillot|Antoine Watteau · 1673–1722
Artist known for his elegant designs done in the Rococo manner of Audran; also for his predilection for scenes from the 'comedia dell'arte.' Few paintings survive; his work is known mainly through drawings and etchings. Comment on works: Genre; History