"Antoine Watteau, Pierrot Bowing (1728)"
Antoine Watteau (1764-1721) Pierrot Bowing
1728
Etching on laid paper
Plate: 25 x 18 cm
Sheet: 31.5 x 20.5 cm
Numbered lower right: 221
Repaired tear in the lower left margin; pinholes under Pierrot's feet
This print after Watteau of Pierrot bowing, with his hand on his heart, comes from Figures of Different Characters, a compilation of the artist's figures, published in 1728, seven years after his death. Although the engraver did not sign the plate, the Louvre attributes it to François Boucher.
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