DETAILS
- Artist
- Antoine Watteau
- Date
- 1695
- Medium
- Red, black, and white chalks
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- 5 5/16 x 8 11/16 in. (13.5 x 22.0 cm)
- Collection
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
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