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La Déclaration by 
																	Jean Antoine Watteau

Jean Antoine Watteau

( French, 1684 - 1721 )

La Déclaration

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LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on copper

Measurements:

8.62 in. (21.90 cm.) (height) by 6.46 in. (16.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed in ink 'A. Watteau' (on the reverse of the copper)

Literature:

E. de Goncourt, L'Oeuvre Peint, Dessiné et Gravé d'Antoine Watteau, Paris, 1875, pp. 159, 161. J. Ingamells, The Hertford Mawson Letters, 1981, p. 75. M. Roland Michel, Watteau, Paris, 1984, p. 299. S. Whittingham, 'Watteau and 'Watteaus' in Britain c. 1780-1851', in F. Moureau & M. Morgan Grasselli, Antoine Watteau (1684-1721): The Painter, His Age and His Legend, Paris, 1987, p. 272.

Provenance:

Collet Collection, Chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Michel, Paris; his sale, 14-23 May 1787, lot 94 ('L'intérieur d'un jardin où l'on voit par le dos un jeune homme, genou en terre aux pieds d'une jeune fille; près d'eux, quatre enfants sont groupés dans des attitudes, Cuivre. H. 7 p.7 l., L. 5 p. 10 l'). Robert de Saint-Victor, Conseiller au Parlement, Président de la Chambre des Comptes de Rouen, Paris; sale, 26 November 1822-7 January 1823, lot 569 (Un berger à genoux aux pieds d'une bergère. Près d'eux trois enfants jouants, l'un caressant un chien. Cuivre. H. 8 p. L. 6 p.). Samuel Rogers, London; Christie's, London, 3 May 1856, lot 676, as 'A lady and gentleman and a group of four children in a landscape - small' (to Webb). Webb collection, London. Lord Carrington, London; Christie's, London, 9 May 1930, lot 18, as 'Antoine Watteau. oil on copper, 8 x 6 inches', (to Bernard). Private collection, France. Private collection, Belgium.

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