- Museum number
- 1854,0628.67
- Description
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Study of an African (Balthasar)
Red, black and white chalk, with touches of pastel on grey-brown paper
- Production date
- 1715 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 180 millimetres
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Width: 145 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- See commentary for 1854,0628.66.
Lit: K.T. Parker, 'The Drawings of Antoine Watteau in the British Museum', "Old Master Drawings", V, London, June 1930, no. 17; K.T. Parker and J. Matthey, 'Antoine Watteau: catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné', Paris, 1957, II, no. 727 (as Watteau); P. Hulton, in exhib. cat., London, BM, 'Watteau. Drawings in the British Museum', 1980. no. 20 (as Watteau); J-P. Cuzin, 'Deux dessins au British Museum: Watteau ou plutôt La Fosse', "La Revue de l'art', XXXI, 1, 1981, pp. 19-21; P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, "Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721: catalogue raisonné des dessins", Milan, 1996, III, no.R 207; P. Stein, in exhib. cat., New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and London, BM, 'French Drawings from Clouet to Seurat', 2005, no. 33; C. Gustin-Gomez, 'Charles de La Fosse 1636-1716, catalogue raisonné', Dijon, 2006, II, no. D. 51 (with further literature).
Illustrated in Stein, 2005 as fig.1 CHARLES DE LA FOSSE, `Adoration of the Magi`, 1715, oil on canvas, 4.27 x 4.47 m, Musée du Louvre, Paris (M.I. 316).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1980, BM, 'Watteau drawings in the BM', no. 20
2005/6 Nov-Jan, New York, Met Mus of Art, Clouet to Seurat/BM, no. 33
2006 June-Oct, BM, Clouet to Seurat/BM, no. 33
2012 Apr-Aug, UAE, Abu Dhabi. Treasures
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1854,0628.67