Standing Woman Facing Right

Art Historical Context

In the elegant world of early 18th-century French, *Standing Woman Facing Right* the grace of the Rococo era through a delicate red chalk drawing. Attributed to Nicolas Lancret Antoine Watteau—two masters of the period, with Watteau pioneering the idyllic *fêtes galantes* style and Lancret as his talented follower—this intimate study exemplifies their shared fascination with poised, theatrical figures. Created around the 1710s, it reflects the transition from Baroque formality to Rococo lightness, where everyday elegance met fantasy. Rendered in soft red chalk on a modest 8½ × 4⅝-inch sheet, ...

About the Artist

Nicolas Lancret|Antoine Watteau

Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743) was a leading French painter of the Rococo era, celebrated for his elegant fêtes galantes — intimate scenes of fashionable figures at leisure in idyllic garden settings — that placed him among the most admired artists working in Paris in the first half of the eighteenth century. Born in Paris, he trained initially under the history painter Pierre d'Ulin before entering ...