Antoine Watteau

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Antoine Watteau

1684-1721

The Temple of Diana

Red chalk on paper.

10 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (267 x 362 mm.)

Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978.

1980.9

Notes:

This design was used as the basis for two engravings by Gabriel Huquier, "The Temple of Neptune" and "The Temple of Diana".

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Watermark: Chaplet, fragment (close to Heawood 222).

Provenance:

Edmond and Jules Goncourt (Lugt 1089); their sale, Paris, 15-17 February 1897, lot 350; Camille Groult (1832-1908), Paris; Jean Groult (1868-1951), Paris; Pierre Bordeaux-Groult (1916-2007), Paris, 1957; his sale, Paris, Palais d'Orsay, 14 December 1979, no. 11, repr.

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Associated names:

Goncourt, Edmond de, 1822-1896, former owner.
Goncourt, Jules de, 1830-1870, former owner.
Groult, Camille, 1832-1908, former owner.
Groult, Jean, 1868-1951, former owner.
Bordeaux-Groult, Pierre, 1916-2007, former owner.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 221.
Denison, Cara D., and Helen B. Mules, with the assistance of Jane V. Shoaf. European Drawings, 1375-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, no. 98, repr.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 39, repr.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 37, repr.
Rosenberg, Pierre and Louis-Antoine Prat. Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins, 3 vols., Milan, 1996, I, no. 233, p. 370, repr. in color.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 75, repr. [Jennifer Tonkovich]

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