Femme vue de Dos

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Femme vue de Dos

Artist Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)

Dateabout 1710

DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 x 7 1/16 in. (24.7 x 18 cm)

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineFrederick B. and Kate L. Shoemaker Fund

Object number

1980.1043

Not on View

Label TextThese two small etchings by Antoine Watteau suggest why he is considered one of the finest and most innovative of the 18th-century painters who also made prints. He broke new ground by exploring the freedom and spontaneity possible with the etching process—consider the view of the woman—and set the stage for the great 18th-century painter-engravers.Exhibition HistoryFrench Prints from the TMA, Feb 18 - May 15, 2005 TMA Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, & llustrated Books Jan. 22, - June 24, 1983. TMA The Painter Was a Printmaker: June 23 - Sept. 9, 1984. TMA, Storytelling in Miniature, October 7, 2011-March 4, 2012.