Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)
finished by Henri-Simon Thomassin (French, 1687-1741)
Standing Man Leaning on His Elbow
INV-1497
Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)
finished by Henri-Simon Thomassin (French, 1687-1741)before 1710
Standing Man Leaning on His Elbow
Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721) finished by Henri-Simon Thomassin (French, 1687-1741) →etchingprint
Date
before 1710
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.6 × 7.9 cm (5 × 3 1/8 in.); Sheet: 143.7 × 10.1 cm (56 5/8 × 4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Everett D. Graff Endowment
This handsome print belongs to the Figures de Mode, a series of seven etchings by Jean-Antoine Watteau of fashionable ladies and gentlemen. The fancy costumes and elaborate backdrops of park settings or distant landscapes showcased in this series aid in the documentation of theatrical history as well as 18th-century French fashion.