Recruits Going to Join the Regiment

ca. 1715–16

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching with drypoint
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 13 7/16 in. (22.6 x 34.2 cm)
Collection no.: 2006.43
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jean-Antoine Watteau. Recruits Going to Join the Regiment. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Recruits Going to Join the Regiment — Jean-Antoine Watteau. ca. 1715–16.

Medium: Etching with drypoint. Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 13 7/16 in. (22.6 x 34.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Gift of Dr. Mortimer Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2006.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

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.

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