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Femme vue de dos (Woman seen from behind), from Figures de modes,

ca. 1710

Jean Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721
2009-127

Information

Title
Femme vue de dos (Woman seen from behind), from Figures de modes
Dates

ca. 1710

Maker
Jean Antoine Watteau
Medium
Etching with engraving
Dimensions
plate: 12.5 x 7.7 cm. (4 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.) sheet: 12.7 x 8 cm. (5 x 3 1/8 in.) (with thread margins)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund
Object Number
2009-127
Place Made

Europe, France

Inscription
Inscribed in plate below image, left: Vateau inv et fecit
Culture
European, French
Type
engravings, etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), walking, fashion, houses, women

Femme vue de dos (Woman seen from behind)

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