Art, literature & history
Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands
1712/13
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Red chalk on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 × 13.3 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2002.100
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean-Antoine Watteau. Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands — Jean-Antoine Watteau. 1712/13.
Medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper. Dimensions: 17.6 × 13.3 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
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.