id:			166522
accession number:	2008.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.3
updated:		2025-03-07 12:09:34.842000

The Clothes are Italian, 1715–16. Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721). Etching; image and plate: 27.5 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.); sheet: 30 x 20.9 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2008.3

title:				The Clothes are Italian
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creation date:			1715–16
creation date earliest:		1715
creation date latest:		1716
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Dacier and Vuaflart 130

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CREATORS

* Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)  - artist

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measurements: Image and Plate: 27.5 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 30 x 20.9 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
state of the work:	I/VI
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	description:	sturdy weight antique laid paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth Century France
	opening date:   2013-10-01T00:00:00
	<i>Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth Century France</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 1, 2013-January 5, 2014).

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

	title:		Imagination in the Age of Reason
	opening date:   2024-09-28T04:00:00
	<i>Imagination in the Age of Reason</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 28, 2024-March 2, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ex collections:  D. David-Weill (sale Paris, June 3, 1950, lot 120 to Dr. A. Calabi, Milan);
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	Nicholas Stogdon, Oxfordshire, England, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?–2008
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 3, 2008–
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		169186
	The Clothes are Italian, 1715–16. Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721), and Charles Simonneau (French, 1645–1728). Etching and engraving; platemark: 30.5 x 21.3 cm (12 x 8 3/8 in.); sheet: 37.2 x 26.9 cm (14 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2011.11
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 352
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2008.3/2008.3_full.tif