Standing Woman Holding a Spindle, and Head of a Woman in Profile to Right
ca. 1714–18
Medium
Two shades of red chalk
Dimensions
6 7/16 x 4 13/16 in. (16.4 x 12.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequeathed by Anne D. Thomson, 1923
Accession Number
23.280.5
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About this artwork
This drawings exemplifies the artistic traditions of its period. Created ca. 1714–18, it demonstrates the two shades of red chalk technique characteristic of its era.
About the Artist
Antoine Watteau · 1684–1721
Jean-Antoine Watteau, born in 1684 in Valenciennes to a modest family—his father a roofer named Jean-Philippe Watteau—was the second of four sons who displayed an early passion for art. After initial apprenticeship under local painter Jacques-Albert Gérin, he moved to Paris around 1702, working in workshops copying Flemish and Dutch genre scenes. By 1705, he entered the studio of Claude Gillot, ab...