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The Painter
Public Domain

Louis Desplaces and Jean-Antoine Watteau

The Painter

1704

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The Painter

1704

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 241 x 167 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.11464
Monkey painting a portrait
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
The Baltimore Museum of Art, In the Artist's Studio: Works on Paper from the Collection, Sept 15, 2005 - Feb 27, 2005.

Signed: One

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: LL :"Watteau pinxit."; LR: "Desplaces sculp."; LWRC: "LA PEINTURE/Telle doit au Pinceau ce qu'elle a de renom./ Qui fait horreur a voir sans fard, e sous le linge:/ Et pour peindre a son gre mainte laide Guenon,/ Il faut etre adroit comme un Singe./ AParis chez Duchange Graveur duRoy rue St. Jacques"; VERSO: LL: [Claghorn collector stamp]; BLC (graphite in diamond): "5505"

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