Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands
Antoine Watteau
1712–1713
- Medium
- Red chalk on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 × 13.3 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Chalk
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)chalkprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
The Art Institute boasts a small but choice selection of drawings by Antoine Watteau. This early example of his virtuoso draftsmanship in red chalk reflects his intimate knowledge of elegant materials and costumes, made famous in his print series the Figures de modes (Figures of Fashion). The spontaneity of the artist’s method is suggested in the pentimenti (changes to the composition) in the woman’s face.
