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X. Elegant Company
Entered November 2019; revised May 2021
Whereabouts unknown
Oil on canvas
97 x 69.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Amsterdam, Sotheby’s, 2003.
Mulheim an der Ruhr, Auktionhaus-an-der-Ruhr, November 29, 2019, lot 23: "Antoine Watteau, Elegant Company, oil on canvas, relined, 67 cm x 69.5 cm, craqueliert and restored, with original invoice, provenance: Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 2003 . . ." Est. €2,400. Bought in.
REMARKS
Henri Nicolas Tardieu after Nicolas Lancret, L'Autonne, 1730, engraving.
Despite the attribution of this painting to Watteau, it is patently based upon Nicolas Tardieu’s engraving after Nicolas Lancret’s L’Autonne.