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A Bewigged Painter (Possibly Claude Audran), Seated at his Easel, Seen in Profile
c. 1709
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
- Dimensions
- 20.1 × 13.4 cm (7 15/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1999.682
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean-Antoine Watteau. A Bewigged Painter (Possibly Claude Audran), Seated at his Easel, Seen in Profile. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
A Bewigged Painter (Possibly Claude Audran), Seated at his Easel, Seen in Profile — Jean-Antoine Watteau. c. 1709.
Medium: Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card. Dimensions: 20.1 × 13.4 cm (7 15/16 × 5 5/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.