id: 110060
accession number: 1928.661
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Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur), c. 1716. Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721). Red chalk; red and black chalk (upper left figure); sheet: 35 x 27.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.); secondary support: 35.1 x 27.8 cm (13 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1928.661
title: Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)
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creation date: c. 1716
creation date earliest: 1711
creation date latest: 1721
current location:
creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: red chalk; red and black chalk (upper left figure)
department: Drawings
collection: DR - French
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 35 x 27.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.); Secondary Support: 35.1 x 27.8 cm (13 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
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description: two sheets (joined) of yellow-beige(2) laid paper laid down on cream(3) wove paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Drawings in the Classic and Romantic Tradition before 1830
opening date: 1932-12-07T05:00:00
Drawings in the Classic and Romantic Tradition before 1830. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 7, 1932-January 8, 1933).
title: Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
opening date: 1934-11-09T05:00:00
Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).
title: Fourth Anniversary Exhibition: Six Centuries of Drawings
opening date: 1936-03-02T05:00:00
Fourth Anniversary Exhibition: Six Centuries of Drawings. Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT (organizer) (March 2-April 15, 1936).
title: Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1939-01-04T05:00:00
Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 4-March 26, 1939).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Original Prints and Drawings by Masters of Berlin Museum Paintings
opening date: 1949-01-11T05:00:00
Original Prints and Drawings by Masters of Berlin Museum Paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-March 27, 1949).
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
title: Italian and French Drawings
opening date: 1959-10-13T04:00:00
Italian and French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 1959-February 2, 1960).
title: The Eighteenth Century: One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists
opening date: 1961-01-24T05:00:00
The Eighteenth Century: One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists. Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN (January 24-March 7, 1961).
title: Drawings
opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00
Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).
title: Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
opening date: 1965-05-06T04:00:00
Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).
title: Drawings
opening date: 1968-06-11T04:00:00
Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-October 21, 1968).
title: 18th Century Master Drawings
opening date: 1981-10-06T04:00:00
18th Century Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).
title: French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
opening date: 1982-02-02T05:00:00
French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).
title: Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1982-11-16T05:00:00
Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983).
title: Treasures on Paper
opening date: 1988-05-10T04:00:00
Treasures on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-July 24, 1988).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
title: French Drawings from the Collection
opening date: 1994-12-13T05:00:00
French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
title: Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
opening date: 2015-01-25T00:00:00
Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).
title: Stories From Storage
opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00
Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Mask of Comedy: The Art of Italian Commedia. J. B. Speed Memorial Art Museum, Louisville, KY (September 11 - November 4, 1990).', 'opening_date': '1990-09-11T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Watteau, 1684-1721. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (June 17 - September 23, 1984).', 'opening_date': '1984-06-17T00:00:00'}
* {'description': '17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 31 - August 19, 1979).', 'opening_date': '1979-05-31T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The 18th Century: 100 Drawings by 100 Artists. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (January 24 - March 7, 1961).', 'opening_date': '1961-01-24T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Fêtes Galantes. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (January 20 - March 5, 1956).', 'opening_date': '1956-01-20T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Eighteenth Century. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. (April 26 - May 31, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1950-04-26T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art (June 21 - September 30, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-06-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Forty Drawings from the Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art (May 21 - November 25, 1936).', 'opening_date': '1936-05-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Exhibition of Lace, Drawings, and Furniture from the Museum Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art (July 11 - September 3, 1934).', 'opening_date': '1934-07-11T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Andrew James, London
date: ?-?
footnotes:
citations:
Sarah Ann James, London
date: ?-1891
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citations:
(her sale, London, Christie's, June 22-23, 1891, no. 334)
date: 1891
footnotes:
citations:
(Agnew, London)
date: ?-?
footnotes:
citations:
(Richard Owen, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
date: ?-1928
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citations:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1928-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
H. S. F. “‘The Romancer,’ a Drawing by Jean Antoine Watteau.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 16, no. 10 (1929): 179–81.
page number: Reproduced: Front Matter; mentioned: pp. 179-181.
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137253.
H. S. F. "Drawings in the Classic and Romantic Tradition before 1830." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 19, no. 10 (1932): 166-75.
page number: Mentioned p. 167
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25137511
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 591
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n111
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 133
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n157
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 133
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n157
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 175
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n195
The Mask of Comedy: The Art of Italian Commedia. Exh. Cat. Louisville, KY: J. B. Speed Memorial Art Museum, 1990.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 10
url:
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